Re: [tkined] Query!

fj (Francois.Junique@jet.uk)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:12:53 +0100

Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

> >>>>> Pranab Bhowmick writes:
>
> Pranab> Hi, I am looking for a Tcl command which could convert integer
> Pranab> values to binary/hexadecimal and vice versa. I guess the
> Pranab> standard Tcl command set doesn't have such utility.
>
> Depends on the Tcl version: Tcl 8.0 has a binary command that allows
> to do quite a number of conversions. (Tcl 8.0 is also able to handle
> binary data in variables - at least with a subset of the command set.)
>

If Pranab meant base16 and base2 representation of integer rather than base10
he could just use normal scan and format tcl commands except that there is only
a format available for base8/10/16 (%o,%d,%x/X) and nothing for 2 (why!)...

Francois
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