Works for me. :-)

>Actually, isn't 4 bits, to be in keeping with the quaint spelling of byte, a nYbble?
>
>>Sorry to differ.
>>4 bits = nibble
>>8 bits = byte
>>16 bits = word
>>32 bits = double word
>>
>>>One word is 32 bits. A dword is a double word, so it's 64 bits (or 8 bytes).
>>>
>>>>Hi Y'all,
>>>>
>>>>Trying to name a function correctly to put it into my library of functions. The following function was pulled from the UT and I want to rename it - but I don't exactly know what a DWORD is. Here is the function:
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>FUNCTION buffer2dword(lcBuffer)
>>>>
>>>>RETURN ASC(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 1,1)) + ;
>>>>    ASC(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 2,1)) * 256 +;
>>>>    ASC(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 3,1)) * 65536 +;
>>>>    ASC(SUBSTR(lcBuffer, 4,1)) * 16777216
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Looking up some definitions via Google, it says "double word" but in this case, it contains a numeric value. Why would they call it a "word" when it contains a number?
>>>>
>>>>Also, what would you call something that is stored as base 256 (the passed in string seems to be base 256). I was thinking of calling the above function 'StringToDWord' but 'string' is a bit ambigous. Note: if worrying about a function name seems 'anal', I have a large library of functions and I think it is important to name them correctly!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Albert Gostick