[REBOL] Re: bug: not able to convert integer variable with to-binary
From: carl:cybercraft at: 28-May-2002 0:58
On 28-May-02, tmo wrote:
> hi.
> to-binary [255] works...=> #{FF}
> but when i use a integer variable, for example this:
> mavar: 255
> to-binary [mavar] or to-binary [:mavar]
> => it doesnt work !!!
> So how can convert my integer variable into binary ?
Your problem is that the 'mavar in the block is a word, not an
integer...
>> mavar: 255
== 255
>> type? first [mavar]
== word!
The solution is to reduce the word...
>> type? first reduce [mavar]
== integer!
So...
>> to-binary reduce [mavar]
== #{FF}
--
Carl Read
