binary string

[Massimiliano Conti]

Hi ! I usually use the Fmt() function to convert numbers to strings. Unfortunately I can't find the correct formatting string to convert an integer number in a string in binary format.

ex.: number = 17 -> string = "00010001"

How can I achieve this ??

[Alex D]

To my knowledge, there is no direct formatting specifier for binary; however, you can use %x to format as hexadecimal which can then be trivially converted to binary.

Regards,

-alex

[JuanCarlos]

Massimiliano,

As far as I know there is not Fmt or printf do not suport binary strings. You can use a liece of code like this to generate the binary string:

static char binary[10];
static int i=0;
strcpy(binary,"");
for(i=0;i<8;i++)
Fmt(binary, "%s%d",binary,170>>i&1);
DebugPrintf("%s",binary);


I hope this helps.

Juan Carlos
N.I.

[Massimiliano Conti]

Very smart !!!! Thank you very much !

[JuanCarlos]

One second... I there is a small problem with the code. It shows the bits backwards. Should be something like:

Fmt(binary, "%s%d",binary,(170>>7-i)&1);


That way you get the right bit order.

I hope this helps.

Juan Carlos

[Massimiliano Conti]

Yes, I implemented the function in this way.
Thank you again.