link bincvt
October 16, 1996; Robert J. Alexander
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unsigned() -- Converts binary byte string into unsigned integer. Detects overflow if number is too large. This procedure is normally used for processing of binary data read from a file. raw() -- Puts raw bits of characters of string s into an integer. If the size of s is less than the size of an integer, the bytes are put into the low order part of the integer, with the remaining high order bytes filled with zero. If the string is too large, the most significant bytes will be lost -- no overflow detection. This procedure is normally used for processing of binary data read from a file. rawstring() -- Creates a string consisting of the raw bits in the low order "size" bytes of integer i. This procedure is normally used for processing of binary data to be written to a file.