Binary Type ("M" Reference)

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The Binary type encompasses any sequence of binary octets with the format shown in the Code Example section.

Operators

The unary operator in the following table takes Binary as a right operand.

Operator Return

~

Binary

The binary operators in the following table take Binary as a left operand.

Operator Right Operand Return

<<, >>

Integer

Binary

==, !=

Logical

Logical

&, |, ^

Binary

Binary

Code Example

The following code shows the Memory field being declared as a Binary type and receiving the value 0xA254C3.

Memory : Binary = 0xA254C3;