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CByte
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><u>Byte</u> <b>= CByte (</b> <u>Expression</u> AS Variant <b>)</b> AS Byte</pre><p>

Converts an expression into a byte.
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<u>Expression</u> is first converted into an integer. Then, if this integer overflows the byte range, it is truncated.
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<a href="../error/type+en">Type mismatch (#6)</a>
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<u>Expression</u> cannot be converted.
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT CByte(&quot;17&quot;)
<hr>17</pre>
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<pre class="example">PRINT CByte(100000)
<hr>160</pre>
<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT CByte(TRUE)
<hr>255</pre>
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/conv+en">Conversion Functions</a>&nbsp;

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