mirror a decimal variable to a binary value

lfreeze

After a lot of trial and error, I can't solve this simple problem.
I have a program which produces variables that look like binary number. they range between· 00000000 and 11111111 and can be any combination of
ones and zeros. I want to mirror the decimal variable into a binary value.
Here are a few examples of what I am trying to accomplish

decimal variable= 10101010----binary number=%10101010

decimal variable= 10110110----binary number=%10110110

I looked at format.spin and numbers.spin, and they want to convert
the variable not mirror it. Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem?
Thanks in advance.
Larry

Mike Green

Will this do what you want?

binary := 0
repeat 8
   binary := (binary << 1) + (decimal / 10000000)
   decimal := (decimal // 10000000) * 10

lfreeze

Thanks for the quick response. I will try it and let you know

Larry

lfreeze

Mike,

As usual your math is amazing. The solution worked perfectly. I will now
spend some time with the manual, and try to understand how you did it.

Larry