Binary to integer

[Matthias Lang]

Eduardo Figoli writes:

 > Does someone know how to convert a binary 4 bytes expression to integer ?

7> <<I:32>> = <<1,2,3,4>>.
<<1,2,3,4>>
8> I.
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The "bit syntax" I used above has many options for word widths and
endianness. It's described in "Languages Extensions since 4.4":

  http://www.erlang.org/doc/r9b/doc/extensions/bit_syntax.html#6

I also recommend the entire "Language Extensions" part of the manual:

  http://www.erlang.org/doc/r9b/doc/extensions/part_frame.html

Matthias