Integer to Binary conversion 1

[CMR]

Hi all.
Is there any way I can convert an Integer to binary in CR 8.0? I'm using the field to store a bunch of flags and I must do a bit comparison to get at the individual flags. I can't find anything in the documentation and I'm beginning to think it's not possible. Can anyone prove me wrong? (I hope so!)

thanks
CMR

 

[AndrewBaines]

You could write a UFL to perform logical AND on the number without converting to binary. There may be another way of doing AND, I'm not sure.
Alternatively, this function returns a STRING representation of a binary number. It would need padding to however many bits you need.

stringvar bin := "";
numbervar num := {@YOUR NUMBERHERE};
while num>0 do (
bin := bin + totext(remainder(num,2),0);
num := int(num/2);

);
strreverse(bin)
Andrew Baines
Chase International

 

[treusch]

I am not aware of any built in function to do this. However, there is an algorithm that you could follow and you could code it yourself relatively quickly. Post your email address, or send it to me and I will be more than happy to send you the code. treusch@smithdata.net