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* write to a disk file:
 
* write to a disk file:
<source lang="mirc">//bwrite -c save.dat 0 1 &binvar</source>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">//bwrite -c save.dat 0 1 &binvar</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
* store in hash table:
 
* store in hash table:
<source lang="mirc">/hadd -smb binvar_save binvar &binvar</source>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">/hadd -smb binvar_save binvar &binvar</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
Note: hash tables aren't saved to disk, so you need to save that table to disk:
 
Note: hash tables aren't saved to disk, so you need to save that table to disk:
<source lang="mirc">/hsave -sb binvar_save savebins.dat</source>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">/hsave -sb binvar_save savebins.dat</syntaxhighlight>
 
... and then reload the binary variable the next time you re-start mIRC:
 
... and then reload the binary variable the next time you re-start mIRC:
<source lang="mirc">/hload -sb binvar_save savebins.dat</source>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">/hload -sb binvar_save savebins.dat
  
 
* Use $encode to translate binary data to text, which can be saved to variables or written to disk.
 
* Use $encode to translate binary data to text, which can be saved to variables or written to disk.
  
<source lang="mirc">//noop $encode(&binvar,bm) | set %binvar_save $bvar(&binvar,1-).text</source>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">//noop $encode(&binvar,bm) | set %binvar_save $bvar(&binvar,1-).text</syntaxhighlight>
 
Note: $encode translates 3 input bytes (binary or text) into 4 text characters, so you shouldn't try to use this method on binary variables longer than approximately 3000 bytes.
 
Note: $encode translates 3 input bytes (binary or text) into 4 text characters, so you shouldn't try to use this method on binary variables longer than approximately 3000 bytes.
 
Retrieve binary content from text %variable:
 
Retrieve binary content from text %variable:
<source lang="mirc">//bset -t &binvar 1 %binvar_save | noop $decode(&binvar,bm)</source>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">//bset -t &binvar 1 %binvar_save | noop $decode(&binvar,bm)</syntaxhighlight>

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