CVI                      Convert String to Integer

 y% = CVI(2-byte-string)

    Converts a two-byte string expression to an integer numeric variable.

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      Notes:    Because of the way Turbo Basic stores numbers in random
                access files, numbers have to be converted to strings
                before they can be written to disk; when read from the
                disk, they must be reconverted from strings to numbers.

                An integer must be converted to a string (via MKI$) before
                being stored in a random access file. To retrieve it,
                first assign it to a file buffer field (with GET), then
                use CVI.