BaseX_FromDecimal ( baseString ; decimalNumber )

Convert a decimal number to some base.

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Erik Shagdar - Show more from this author
NYHTC

Sample input:

BaseX_FromDecimal ( "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" ; 29234652 )

Sample output:

HELLO

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

// BaseX_FromDecimal ( baseString; decimalNumber )
// version 1.2, Tim Griffith Sr.

/*
	Convert a decimal number to some base.


NOTE:
	Recursive


HISTORY:
	1.2 - 2017-06-20 ( eshagdar ): Renamed from BaseConvert to BaseX_FromDecimal. added comments. cleaned up code.
	1.1 - 2011-01-13 ( dshockley ): Renamed from NumToDuoTrigesimal to BaseConvert. added baseString param to allow to be used with any base.
	1.0 - 2010-12-26 ( tgriffith ): first created. https://www.briandunning.com/cf/1254
*/


Let ( [
		_BASE = Mod ( decimalNumber ; Length ( baseString ) ) ;
		_CHAR = Middle ( baseString ; _BASE + 1 ; 1 ) ;
		_NEXT = Div ( decimalNumber ; Length ( baseString ) )
	] ;

	If ( _NEXT ;
		BaseX_FromDecimal ( baseString; _NEXT );
		""
	)
	& _CHAR
)

As posted in https://www.briandunning.com/cf/1254 ( NumToDuoTrigesimal ( number ) ), we did end up modifying Tim's function and making it work with any arbitrary base.

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BaseX_FromDecimal ( baseString ; decimalNumber )

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