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expand_in_base.pro

topexpand_in_base

result = expand_in_base(number [, base], SIZE=SIZE, GET_SIZE=GET_SIZE)

expand a number in a different base

This must be both integer inputs and an integer base, can only expand in one base per call, base must fit in a byte (0-255)

Return value

an array with the expanded representation, one "digit" per element. The most significant digits are in the higher array elemets

Parameters

number in required: the number to expand
base in optional: the base to expand in (default 2)

Keywords

SIZE
GET_SIZE

Examples

 IDL> print, reverse(expand_in_base(13346, 7))
       5       3       6       2       4
 I print with the reverse() command as this is a left to right
 language (english) and IDL prints arrays right to left

Author information

History:: Tue Dec 16 10:04:12 2008, Brian Larsen fixed up, something broke this, maybe it never worked right Wed Oct 1 14:36:08 2008, Brian Larsen modifications for better behaviour Thu Mar 13 16:17:46 2008, Brian Larsen written and tested

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