BinaryToDecimal ( Binary )

convert any positive binary to base 10 integer

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Rob Poelking - Show more from this author
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Sample input:

BinaryToDecimal ( 1010 )

Sample output:

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

/**
 * ==================================================================
 * BinaryToDecimal ( Binary )
 *
 * PARAMETERS:
 *		@binary (integer) any positive integer in base 2 Binary
 * RETURNS:
 *		(integer) positive number in base 10 decimal
 *		
 * DEPENDENCIES:
 *		none
 * PURPOSE:
 *		Use to convert any positive binary to base 10 integer
 *		
 * NOTES:
 *		none
 * REVISIONS:
 *		2019-06-10 Rob Poelking - update for FM18 WHILE, no longer uses recursion
 *		2016-11-07 Rob Poelking - initial version
 * ==================================================================
 *
 */

While ( [ p=Length ( Binary ); i = 1 ; b =""; dec = 0 ] ; i<=p  ; [ b = Middle ( Binary ; i ; 1 ) ;dec = dec + (b * 2^(p-i)) ; i=i+1 ] ; dec )

//Use the following in versions 17 and lower
// BinaryToDecimal ( Binary ; Blank )
/*
Let ( [
	Len = Length(Binary) ;
	power = Len ;
	bit = Left ( Binary ; 1 ) ; 
	tempDecimal = Blank + (bit * 2^(power-1))
	] ;
	Case ( power>0; BinaryToDecimal (Right(binary ; power-1)  ; tempDecimal) ; tempDecimal )
)*/

Use to convert any positive base2 binary value to base10 integer. FileMaker has a limitation of 800 digits of precision on any decimal number.

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BinaryToDecimal ( Binary )

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