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BaseX ( Integer ; Base )

Converts Integer to base Base, where Base is between 2 and 36, inclusively.

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JT Hughes Queuedom http://notapplicable.com

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// BaseX ( Integer ; Base ) // by JT Hughes aka -Queue- Case ( Base > 1 and Base < 37 ; Case ( not Integer ; 0 ; Let ( P = Div ( Log ( Integer ) ; Log ( Base ) ) ; BaseXSub ( Integer ; Base ; P ) ) ) ; "Error" ) // BaseXSub ( Integer ; Base ; Places ) Case ( Places ; Letter ( Div ( Integer ; Base ^ Places ) ) & BaseXSub ( Mod ( Integer ; Base ^ Places ) ; Base ; Places - 1 ) ; Letter ( Mod ( Integer ; Base ) ) ) // Letter ( Integer ) Case ( Integer < 10 ; Integer ; Middle ( "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" ; Integer - 9 ; 1 ) ) Click to copy

These functions take any integer and convert it to the desired base, between 2 and 36. Note there are three functions defined here, BaseX, and the two subfunctions BaseXSub and Letter.

 

Comments

		Brian Dunning, BrianDunning.com Apr 2, 2009
Love the idea, but the subfunction BaseXSub does not seem to have been provided on this site.

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