binary

Syntax	binary (value)
Params	value is the object you wish to coerce to be a binary datatype.
Action	Coerces value to be a binary value.
Returns	A binary representation of the data in value
Examples	binary (23)    » 0x00000017 // the binary representation of decimal 23 binary ('a')    » 0x61 // ASCII value for the character "a" binary ('abcd') // using a value of datatype str4    » 0x61626364 // ASCII values for 'a' (61), 'b' (62), 'c' (63), 'd' (64) binary ("What?")    » 0x576861743F // binary value for the string binary (true)    » 0x0001 // binary value for the short integer "1," which is True in Frontier binary (infinity)    » 0x7FFFFFFF
Notes	The binaryType of the binary value is set to typeOf (value).
See Also	getBinaryType setBinaryType