bin$

Aerthe · Post by **Aerthe** » Jul 15, 2005 16:46

I found this function on the wiki, and i'm trying to make a program that will change a number into a binary value

input "Type a number here: ", msg$
print bin$(msg$)
sleep

It says there's an error on the second line

Any ideas?

DrV · Post by **DrV** » Jul 15, 2005 16:52

The argument to BIN must be an integer, not a string. Try this:

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input "Type a number here: ", msg
print bin$(msg)
sleep

Assuming you haven't changed the default data type, that will work (you should really declare your variables, though).[/code]

Aerthe · Post by **Aerthe** » Jul 15, 2005 16:57

So $ defines a string...

What about the other data types?

jofers · Post by **jofers** » Jul 15, 2005 17:51

The suffixes are a throwback to the dos days, but I would recommend DIMming all your variables. Nonetheless:

$ - String
# - Double
% - Integer
& - Long
! - Single

Aerthe · Post by **Aerthe** » Jul 16, 2005 21:30

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do
 input "Type in number", nmbr%
 print bin$(nmbr%)
loop

So that would make it so it can only be an integer?

whitetiger0990 · Post by **whitetiger0990** » Jul 16, 2005 21:40

That'd make whatever you input be an integer. So if you enter 2.2 nmbr% would equal 2.

Aerthe · Post by **Aerthe** » Jul 16, 2005 21:41

cool

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do
 input "Type in number", nmbr%
 print bin$(nmbr%)
loop

One problem...

Anyway to get this to 'restart' everytime you press enter after it?[/code]

whitetiger0990 · Post by **whitetiger0990** » Jul 16, 2005 21:43

mm? what do you mean?