using Baseconvert to convert decimal to binary

[gstrekkie]

Hi I am playing with livecode for about a week now and I am trying to figure out how I can baseconvert(fieldLen,10,2) to return a binary representation of a decimal number. the problem is that it seems to truncate the leading zeros. Optimally I would like the ability to set the numberformat to a specific bit size (i.e. 9 Bits) but I cant seem to wrap my head around doing this correctly and I am sure I am missing something. any answers or pointing to the right direction would be appreciated. TIA

[Simon]

Hi gstrekkie,
Welcome to the forum!

Normally I wouldn't just hand you the script except that there is a trick in it

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on mouseUp
   set the numberformat to "#########"
   put the baseConvert(26,10,2) into temp
   add 0 to temp -- dang the numberformat needs a caulation
   put temp
end mouseUp

that add 0... wierd.

Simon

[gstrekkie]

So thats why numberformat wasnt working for me. well thanks for the quick reply and the heads up, there are a number of things I need to get acclimated to apparently. I will post if it works for me and hopefully anyone else that might run into the issue. Thanks again!

[FourthWorld]

You might try the binaryEncode function.

[gstrekkie]

That Totally worked and makes it very easy to Pad some binary numbers to a specific length. Thanks Simon & Richard.....