Re: Binary formats

From	Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: Binary formats
Date	2012-03-27 23:34 +0200
Organization	HM - Soft Hof
Message-ID	<jktbod$359$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<egpcr.5086$%E2.427@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com>

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DonH machte das folgende Beispiel:
> "The results are displayed in the format 12:1100 or 241:11110001 or 
> 18:10010."
> (Page 51 of "Practical PC-2/PC-1500 Pocket Computer Programs" by Jim Cole)
>
>   The above quote is part of text explaining program called "Binary/Decimal 
> Decimal/Binary Converter".
>
>    But what does "format" mean?   I assume the display varies according to 
> capacity of your computer, back then (1983).

No.

 12 dec = 1100 bin.
241 dec = 11110001 bin.
 18 dec = 10010 bin.

With "format" he means the formating in the printing of the book:
the decimal value and its binary representation separated by a ":".

HTH,

Helmut.

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