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adpetrov

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[Help] Decimal into binary system
« on: February 07, 2017, 07:18:56 pm »
Don't know anyone to ask, really need your help!

I need to write code for this task:

Write a program which converts an integer from decimal into binary system, and writes it in direct, one's complement and two's complement notations. Modify the program to perform summation.

Please help!

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2017, 07:21:17 pm »
And what have you got so far?

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2017, 07:38:28 pm »
My friend need to do this. I'm not a programmer. I didn't know where to turn.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2017, 12:34:14 am »
Yeah, right.
Best one so far.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2017, 12:59:35 am »
There is a function IntToBin in the unit StrUtils that can give you the exact bit pattern of the memory representation of a number of an integer type as a string. The rest is arithmetics and string manipulation as usual.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2017, 12:52:52 pm »
There is a function IntToBin in the unit StrUtils that can give you ...

No, it can give his friend the exact bitpattern ....  >:D

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2017, 12:58:20 pm »
Read more about one's complement and two's complement notations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ones%27_complement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_complement

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2017, 01:07:32 pm »
And ...
Attached an example for anybody and their friends.

(Adding by edit:)
#27 means "The key read as ASCII control character number 27." That's the 'Esc' key.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2017, 01:16:16 pm by Lupp »

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2017, 01:11:36 pm »
Unit Crt can't run properly on my machine (don't know why). So I copy/pasted Lupp's code here for others to try and inspect.

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  1. program Dec2Bin;
  2. uses
  3.   Crt, StrUtils;
  4. type
  5.   MyType = Longint; //e.g.
  6. var
  7.   MyNumber : MyType;
  8.  
  9. var
  10.   fNum: Double;
  11.   BytesOf: array[1..8] of Byte absolute fNum;
  12.   BinStr: String;
  13.   j: Integer;
  14. begin
  15.   ClrScr;
  16.   Writeln('First some integers (may be Longint).');
  17.   repeat
  18.     Write('The number, please: ':30); ReadLn(MyNumber);
  19.     WriteLn('That''s in binary: ':30, IntToBin(MyNumber, SizeOf(MyType)*8));
  20.     WriteLn('And the direct complement: ':30, IntToBin(NOT MyNumber, SizeOf(MyType)*8));
  21.     WriteLn('Or whatever you want: ':30, IntToBin(- MyNumber, SizeOf(MyType)*8));
  22.   until ReadKey = #27;
  23.  
  24.   Writeln('And now numbers with a decimal part and probably in scientific notation.');
  25.   WriteLn('No complements in this case.');
  26.   ClrScr;
  27.   repeat
  28.     WriteLn('The real number, please:'); ReadLn(fNum);
  29.     BinStr := '';
  30.     for j := 8 downto 1 do BinStr := BinStr + IntToBin(BytesOf[j],8);
  31.     WriteLn('That''s in binary standard 64-bit Double format: ');
  32.     WriteLn(BinStr);
  33.  
  34.   until ReadKey = #27;
  35.  
  36. end.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2017, 01:56:42 pm »
OK, now without any effort at all for TS we solved his friends homework assignment.

Personally I object to that.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2017, 02:13:58 pm »
Well I think application of a ready-made function certainly has not been in the intention of the teacher who gave this assignment. The OP will have a problem showing the posted solution anyway.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2017, 02:18:50 pm »
OK, now without any effort at all for TS we solved his friends homework assignment.

Personally I object to that.

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Relax, the teacher will reject the use of such built-in function. Plus, IntToBin only gives answer in one's complement. He will still need hammer his head to get the two's complement (despite it's very trivial).

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2017, 02:32:23 pm »
It is sad 'his friend' cannot visit here, otherwise we can have better communication and guide him/her better. Novices often learn nothing if receiving working code directly for assignment.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2017, 03:37:27 pm »
Relax, the teacher will reject the use of such built-in function.

His friend only has to copy the implementation of said function (for 1 implmentation).
Of course this implementation may still be way above the skills he is expected to have, so his friends teacher might still reject it.

I still think however that we should help people who ask for this, but (especially for homework assignments) we should not give away code, but give hints and tips (and possibly minor corrections) on the code they can show us.

It's a matter of principle.

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Re: [Help] Decimal into binary system
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2017, 03:42:18 pm »
I still think however that we should help people who ask for this, but (especially for homework assignments) we should not give away code, but give hints and tips (and possibly minor corrections) on the code they can show us.

Very agree. I give hints, rarely codes.

 

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