wordarray(
wordarray(
DATA
,
INDEX
)

The wordarray( function extracts a value from an array of 16 bit words (see Binary Data).

Parameters

This function has two parameters:

data – binary data containing one or more word (16-bit) values. See Binary Data for more information on this type of data.

index – position of the desired word, starting from 1.

Description

This function extracts a value from an array of words. This is not a Panorama style delimited array but a C style array of 16 bit values. The result is an integer.

    wordarray(word(3)+word(12)+word(87),2) ☞ 12

See Binary Data for more information about this type of data.

Note: This function is equivalent to:

    binaryvalue((thetext)[1+(index-1)*2;2])

See Also

- bigendianbinaryvalue( -- converts big endian binary data (a byte, word, or longword) into an unsigned number (see Binary Data).
- Binary Data -- Panorama allows a formula or procedure to work with raw binary data.
- binarydatabuild( -- builds a binary value by scanning a database and assembling individual binary values for every record (including unselected records) in the database.
- binarydatatype( -- returns information about the type of structure data contained in a binary data value, if available (see Binary Data).
- binarytotext( -- converts binary data into text, optionally using a specified encoding.
- binaryvalue( -- converts binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into a number (see Binary Data).
- byte( -- converts a number into a single byte of binary data (see Binary Data).
- bytearray( -- extracts a value from an array of bytes (see [Binary Data]).
- bytepattern( -- converts a byte count to text: 543 Bytes, 543 Kb, 123 Mb, 3.2 Gb
- chunkarray( -- extracts a binary "chunk" from binary data (see Binary Data).
- Data Arrays -- A numbered collection of data values.
- Data Dictionaries -- Overview of Panorama's key/value data dictionaries.
- hex( -- converts a text item containing a hexadecimal number into a standard number (decimal).
- hexbyte( -- converts a limited range of decimal numbers to a two-digit hexadecimal number expressed as a text string.
- hexlong( -- converts a decimal number to an eight-digit hexadecimal number expressed as a text string
- hexstr( -- converts a number to text formatted as a hexadecimal number.
- hextobinary( -- converts a sequence of hexadecimal digits into a raw binary data value.
- hexword( -- converts a decimal number to a four-digit hexadecimal number expressed as a text string.
- littleendianbinaryvalue( -- converts little endian binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into an unsigned number (see Binary Data).
- longlongword( -- converts a number into a 64 bit longword (8 bytes) of binary data (see Binary Data).
- longlongwordarray( -- extracts a value from an array of 64 bit longlongwords (see [Binary Data]).
- longword( -- converts a number into a 32 bit longword (4 bytes) of binary data (see Binary Data).
- longwordarray( -- extracts a value from an array of 32 bit longwords (see [Binary Data]).
- radix( -- converts a text item containing a number in a radix between 2 and 36 into a decimal number.
- radixstr( -- converts a number into a text item containing the equivalent number in a radix between 2 and 36.
- signedbinaryvalue( -- converts binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into a signed number (see Binary Data).
- texttobinary( -- converts text into binary data, optionally using a specified encoding.
- word( -- converts a number into a single word (2 bytes) of binary data (see Binary Data).

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but since Panorama can no longer treat text as binary data, this function now requires that the first parameter be a binary data value instead of a text value.