byte

Designates a single byte as part of a chunk expression.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 4.0 Security:

# Syntax

byte

# Examples

get byte 1 of tString

put byte 12 to 14 of it into tAnswer

get the first byte of tString

repeat for each byte tByte in tString

# Description

Use the byte keyword to refer to a specific byte or bytes in a container.

A byte is an 8-bit unit and can only be reliably used with binary data.

The hierarchy of the new and altered chunk types is as follows:

byte w of codeunit x of codepoint y of char z of word ...

>*Note:* In versions prior to 7.0 the byte chunk was identical in > functionality to the character chunk. For backwards compatibility the > byte chunk returns the corresponding native character from Unicode > text, or a "?" if nor reperesentable, but this behavior is deprecated > and should not be used in new code.

# Tags

text processing,

# See

- **keyword:** characters, codepoint, codeunits, character, codepoints, codeunit, bytes - **glossary:** chunk expression, keyword, container