TRANSFER

TRANSFER (value,type)

value	An expression containing the bitmap to return.
type	The value type to return.
Return:	TRANSFER returns a single value.

The TRANSFER function returns the value in the requested type. This is not a type cast because the bit-pattern stays the same.

Example:

INTEGER1 MyInt := 65; //MyInt is an integer whose value is 65
  
STRING1 MyVal := TRANSFER(MyInt,STRING1); //MyVal is "A" (ASCII 65)
  
INTEGER1 MyVal2 := (INTEGER)MyVal; //MyVal2 is 0 (zero) because
          "A" is not a numeric character