AS Converting from BINARY! into other TYPE!
Categoryname
AS type value
type - DATATYPE! value - designated value
This method has no refinements
AS is not just for extracting larger numbers from a BINARY! but for more special conversions. When it's supported on a series, it does not COPY the series as TO does. So AS involves efficient type conversions that may be risky
it: 42.0
write/line pick unportable as binary! it 1
write/line pick unportable as binary! it size-of it
rows= 100
columns= 100
let memory binary! (to natural! rows) * columns * size-of floater!
poke memory 1 123
write unportable as floater! memory
Result:
6.07700744384733249e-322