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# encode:binary — Pack binary data

ENCODE:BINARY packs the values of an array into binary data according to a given Perl/PHP-compatible format.

ENCODE:BINARY is the complement of the DECODE:BINARY operation.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Variable name |
| var_result | var |  | Result variable name |
| format | string |  | Format |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var_result; type: string