{{fbdoc item="title" value="CVSHORT"}}----
Converts a two-byte string to a ##[[KeypgShort Short]]## integer variable

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	[[KeyPgDeclare declare]] [[KeyPgFunction function]] **Cvshort** ( [[KeyPgByref byref]] //str// [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgConstQualifier const]] [[KeyPgString string]] ) [[KeyPgAs as]] [[KeyPgShort Short]]
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	//result// = **Cvshort**( //str// )
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	##//str//##
		A ##[[KeyPgString String]]## at least two bytes in length with a binary copy of a ##[[KeyPgShort Short]]## integer variable stored in it.

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	 ##[[KeyPgShort Short]]## variable holding the binary copy of a ##[[KeyPgShort KeyPgShort]]##.

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	Returns a 16-bit ##[[KeyPgShort Short]]## integer value using the binary data contained in a ##[[KeyPgString string]]## of at least two bytes in length.  A value of zero (##0##) is returned if the string is less than two bytes in length.

	##**Cvshort**## is used to convert 2-byte strings created with ##[[KeyPgMkshort Mkshort]]##.

	This function can also be used to convert 16-bit integer values from a memory or file buffer without the need for a ##[[KeyPgType Type]]## structure.  However, just as with the type structure, special care should be taken when using ##**Cvshort**## to convert strings that have been read from a buffer.

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{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/strings/cvshort.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
dim si as short, s as string
s = "AB"
si = cvshort(s)
print using "s = ""&"""; s
print using "si = _&H&"; hex(si)
%%

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	- Not available in the //[[CompilerOptlang -lang qb]]// dialect unless referenced with the alias ##**""__Cvshort""**##.

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- In QB this function is called CVI

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgMkshort Mkshort]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgCvi Cvi]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgCvl Cvl]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgCvlongint Cvlongint]]##


{{fbdoc item="back" value="CatPgString|String Functions"}}