Re: How to convert a certain number to binary?

Hi Longtao,

Thanks for clarifying this offline.

We don't have a function specifically to do this, but you could do it using a UNIX command executed with "systemfunc". Here's a sample function and main code that calls it:

function dectobin(dec_num:integer)
local dq, cmd
begin
;---Double quote character
  dq = str_get_dq()

;---UNIX command that converts decimal to binary
  cmd = "echo " + dq + "ibase=10;obase=2;" + dq + dec_num + " | bc "

;---Execute UNIX command and return an integer
  return(toint(systemfunc(cmd)))
end

; Main code
;---Decimal number to convert
begin
  dec_num = 7
  bin_num = dectobin(dec_num)

  print("decimal number = " + dec_num)
  print("binary number = " + bin_num)
end

--Mary

On Sep 7, 2010, at 5:01 PM, WuLongtao wrote:

> Hello,
>
> How to convert a certain number (Uint_16) to binary in NCL?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Longtao
>
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