Returns the unsigned 1 byte value at the specified memory location as an INTEGER value.

Syntax

GET-BYTE ( source , position )
source
A function or variable that returns a RAW or MEMPTR value. If source is the Unknown value (?), GET-BYTE returns the Unknown value (?).
position
An integer value greater than 0 that indicates the byte position where you want to find the information. If position is greater than the length of source, the AVM returns the Unknown value (?). If position is less than 1, the AVM generates a run-time error.

Examples

In this example, the RAW function goes to the Customer field in the non-OpenEdge database. The GET-BYTE function accesses the first byte and stores the integer value of that byte in the variable ix. The procedure then tests the value, if the integer value is 83 (the character code value for S), the AVM displays the Customer Name.

r-rawget.p 

/* You must connect to a non-OpenEdge database to run this procedure */
DEFINE VARIABLE ix AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.

FOR EACH Customer:
  ix = GET-BYTE(RAW(Customer.Name), 1).
  IF ix = 83 THEN
    DISPLAY Customer.Name.
END.

The next procedure sets up a MEMPTR region with a character string and uses the GET-BYTE function to display the character code value of each character in the string:

r-mptget.p

DEFINE VARIABLE mptr AS MEMPTR  NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE cnt  AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.

ASSIGN
  SET-SIZE(mptr)      = LENGTH("DANIEL") + 1
  PUT-STRING(mptr, 1) = "DANIEL".

REPEAT cnt = 1 TO LENGTH("DANIEL"):
  DISPLAY GET-BYTE(mptr, cnt).
END.

Notes

  • For more information on using the MEMPTR and RAW data types, see OpenEdge Programming Interfaces.
  • You can use the alternative keyword GETBYTE instead of GET-BYTE.

See also

LENGTH function, PUT-BYTE statement, RAW function, RAW statement, SET-SIZE statement