Data Conversion Routines

BYTE (expr)

Converts an expression to byte data type.

BYTSCL (array)

Scales and converts an array to byte data type.

COMPLEX (real [, imaginary] )

Converts an expression to complex data type.

DCOMPLEX (expr, offset, dim1 [, dim2, ... , dimn ] )

Converts an expression to double-precision complex data type.

Converts an expression to double-precision floating-point data type.

FIX (expr)

Converts an expression to integer data type.

FLOAT (expr)

Converts an expression to single-precision floating-point data type.

Converts an expression to longword integer data type.

LONG (expr)

Converts an expression to longword integer data type.

Converts input to the nearest integer.

SCL(in_array, top, ... keywords)

Emulates BYTSCL function but for all data types.

Performs general scaling of array values (generalizes SCL).

STRING (expr1, ... , exprn)

Converts the input parameters to characters and returns a string expression.