CVMS                     Convert Microsoft Format to IEEE Single Precision

 y! = CVMD(4-byte-string)

    Converts a four-byte string expression read from a Microsoft-format
    random file to a single-precision numeric variable in IEEE format.

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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.

                Turbo Basic uses the IEEE standard format for storing
                floating-point numbers. The BASIC Interpreter and
                QuickBASIC use Microsoft's proprietary format. The CVMD,
                CVMS, MKMD$, and MKMS$ functions handle conversions
                between the two formats.