HomeSYNOPSIS
text = msg:toData()
DESCRIPTION
Converts the contents of msg into it's binary representation. The binary representation can be
decoded again by calling mtd16.fromData().
RETURN VALUE
A string containing binary data.
EXAMPLE
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mtd16.lutTag = { Test = 0xF00F, Fnord = 0x3001 }
msg = mtd16.new("Test")
msg:append("Fnord", "xyzzy")
print(msg:toData():hexdump())
00000000: 0B 00 0F F0 07 00 01 30 78 79 7A 7A 79 .......0xyzzy
SEE ALSO
#mtd16, mtd16.answerCode, mtd16.fromData, mtd16.fromText, mtd16.isNestedTag, mtd16.lutType, mtd16.new, mtd16.tagCode, mtd16.tagName, mtd16.tagNumber, mtd16.tagType, mtd16:append, mtd16:appendMessageCode, mtd16:contains, mtd16:get, mtd16:getNumber, mtd16:getString, mtd16:isEmpty, mtd16:isValid, mtd16:messageCode, mtd16:nextMessageCode, mtd16:pairs, mtd16:rewind, mtd16:tags, mtd16:toText, mtd16:trace, tostring(mtd16)