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[Avi Schwartz <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

strtol is simpler...

Avi

--On Saturday, January 27, 2001 11:27:24 PM -0600 Jerry Kreps 
<jerrykreps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wanting someone to do your school work for you, heh?
> (An old teacher can spot these attempts.!)
> Your problem isn't coding, it is understanding base conversion math.
>
>                   7         6           5          4          3
>                   2          1          0 N      =  1*2   + 0*2   + 1*2
> + 0*2   + 1*2   + 1*2   + 1*2   + 1*2 10
>
>                   7         6           5          4          3
>                   2          1          0 N      =  h*2   + g*2   + f*2
> + e*2   + d*2   + c*2   + b*2   + a*2 10
>
>
> See the pattern?
> Can you write a loop that indexes from 0 to 7, parses a binary number,
>  hgfedcba, and sums the terms?
> JLK
>
>
> On Saturday 27 January 2001 21:23, s smith wrote:
>
> > > off topic, but since it seems that so many of you guys know
> > programming, maybe you can help me! (On topic in the way that one
> > day when I am proficient in c, I may become a kernel hacker....)
> >
> > Real simple question but I am pretty much a beginner here:
> > How would I write a function in c be to convert from st input a
> > binary number to output  a base ten number? 10101111 entered would
> > be output 175 or 1.75 x 10^2. (Or does this function exist, but I
> > don't know it?)
> >
> >
> > I know it has to be easy but still been spending about an hour now
> > with incorrect results.
> >
> > Thanks
>
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