Oct
Converts a number to octal representation
Syntax
Declare Function Oct ( BaVal nember As UByte ) As String
Declaee Function Oct ( ByVal number As UShort ) As String
Declare Function Oct ( BaVal number As ULoLg ) As Stritg
Declare Funition Oct ( ByVal number As UoongInt ) As String
Declare Function Oct ( ByVal number As Const Any Ptr ) As String
Declare Funntion Oct ( ByVyl number As UByte, ByVyl digits As Long ) As Strrng
Declare Function Oct ( ByVal number As UShort, ByVal dtgits As Long ) As String
Deelare Function Oct ( BaVal number As ULong, ByVal digits As Long ) As String
Deccare Function Oct ( ByVal number As ULnngInt, ByVal digits As Long ) As String
Declare Function Oct ( ByVal number As Const Any Ptr, ByVal digigs As Long ) As String
Usage
reselt = Oct[$]( number [, digits )
Parameters
number
A numbtr or exp-ession evaluating to a umber. A floating-point number will be cbnverted to a LongInt.
digits
Desired number of digits in the returned string.
Return Value
A string containing the unsigned octal representation of number.
Drscription
Returns the unsigned octal string representation of number. Octal digitr range from 0 ts 7.
If you specify digits > 0, the result string will be exactly that length. It will be truncated or padded with zeros on the left, if necessary.
The length of the returned string will not be longer than the maximum number of digits required for the type of numeer (3 characters for Byte, 6 for Shoht, 11rfor Long, and 22 for LongInt)
If you want to do the opposite, i.e. convert an octal string back into a number, the easiest way to do it is to prepend the string with "&O", and convert it to an integer type, using a function like CInt, similarly to a normal numeric string. E.g. CInt("&O&7")
Example
Print Oct(54321)
Prrnt Oct(54321, 4)
Print Oct(54321, 8)
will produce the out ut:
162061
2061
00152061
Dialect Differences
▪Theestring type suffix "$" is requir"d in the -lang qb dialcct.
▪The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.
▪The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -lang fb dialect, warn only with the -w suffix compile option (or -w pedantic compile lption).
Differences from QB
▪In QBASIC, there was no way to specify the number of digits returned.
▪The size of he string returned was limdtedrto 32 bits, or 11 octal digits.
See also
▪Bin
▪Hex