CONVERSION FUNCTIONS

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 10-07-92 (23:48)             Number: 263
From: DEREK LYONS                  Refer#: NONE
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Subj: CONVERSION FUNCTIONS           Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Some interesting conversion functions:


FUNCTION Bin2Hex$ (Bin$)

   Bin2Hex$ = Int2Hex$(Bin2Int%(Bin$))

END FUNCTION

FUNCTION Bin2Int% (Bin$)
   FOR y = LEN(Bin$) TO 1 STEP -1
      IF MID$(Bin$, y, 1) = "1" THEN ax% = ax% + (2 ^ z)
      z = z + 1
   NEXT
   Bin2Int% = ax%
END FUNCTION

FUNCTION Hex2Bin$ (Hcs$)
   Hcs$ = UCASE$(Hcs$)
   lc = LEN(Hcs$)
   FOR x = 1 TO lc
      SELECT CASE MID$(Hcs$, x, 1)
         CASE "0"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0000"
         CASE "1"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0001"
         CASE "2"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0010"
         CASE "3"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0011"
         CASE "4"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0100"
         CASE "5"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0101"
         CASE "6"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0110"
         CASE "7"
            Out$ = Out$ + "0111"
         CASE "8"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1000"
         CASE "9"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1001"
         CASE "A"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1010"
         CASE "B"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1011"
         CASE "C"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1100"
         CASE "D"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1101"
         CASE "E"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1110"
         CASE "F"
            Out$ = Out$ + "1111"
      END SELECT
   NEXT
   Hex2Bin$ = Out$
END FUNCTION

FUNCTION Hex2Int% (Hcs$)

   Hcs$ = UCASE$(Hcs$)
   Hex2Int% = Bin2Int%(Hex2Bin$(Hcs$))

END FUNCTION

FUNCTION Int2Bin$ (Dec%)
   tdec% = Dec%
   DO WHILE tdec% > 0
      IF tdec% / 2 = tdec% \ 2 THEN
         Bin$ = "0" + Bin$
      ELSEIF tdec% / 2 <> tdec% \ 2 THEN
         Bin$ = "1" + Bin$
      END IF
      tdec% = tdec% \ 2
   LOOP
   Int2Bin$ = Bin$
END FUNCTION

FUNCTION Int2Hex$ (Dec%)
   Int2Hex$ = HEX$(Dec%)
END FUNCTION

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