BIN$

Description

Return a string that is the binary (base 2) representation of its argument.

Syntax

s = BIN$(NumericExpression [, Digits])

Returns

String

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Meaning
NumericExpression	Number	No	The numeric expression you want transform into binary format.
Digits	Number	Yes	If digits is specified, the resulting string will be of length digits.

Remarks

Restrictions

See also

Examples

Thanks to Abraxas for the following script example

'---Usage of the BIN$ Instruction example

'---Returns Binary Version of a number

Dim Base10Num As DWORD VALUE &hAAAA5555

Dim TempVal As DWORD VALUE Base10Num

Dim n As Byte VALUE 0

Dim sMsg As String

sMsg += "Base10 = " & Base10Num & $CRLF

sMsg += "Binary = " & Bin$(Base10Num,32) & $CRLF

sMsg += "Binary Nibbles = "

'---This Groups 4 bits (a nibble)

For n = 28 To 0 Step -4

TempVal = Base10Num

sMsg += " " & Bin$((SHIFT SIGNED RIGHT TempVal,n),4)

sMsg += $CRLF

sMsg += "Hex = &h" & Hex$(Base10Num,8)

MSGBOX 0, sMsg '---Display The information