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1 ## Copyright (C) 2000 Daniel Calvelo
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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8 ## any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
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17 ## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
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18 ## 02111-1307, USA.
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19
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} base2dec (@var{s}, @var{b})
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22 ## Convert @var{s} from a string of digits of base @var{b} into an
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23 ## integer.
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24 ##
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25 ## @example
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26 ## base2dec ("11120", 3)
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27 ## @result{} 123
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28 ## @end example
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29 ##
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30 ## If @var{s} is a matrix, returns a column vector with one value per
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31 ## row of @var{s}. If a row contains invalid symbols then the
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32 ## corresponding value will be NaN. Rows are right-justified before
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33 ## converting so that trailing spaces are ignored.
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34 ##
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35 ## If @var{b} is a string, the characters of @var{b} are used as the
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36 ## symbols for the digits of @var{s}. Space (' ') may not be used as a
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37 ## symbol.
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38 ##
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39 ## @example
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40 ## base2dec ("yyyzx", "xyz")
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41 ## @result{} 123
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42 ## @end example
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43 ##
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44 ## @end deftypefn
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45 ## @seealso{dec2base, dec2bin, bin2dec, hex2dec, dec2hex}
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46
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47 ## Author: Daniel Calvelo <>
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48 ## Adapted-by: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@kienzle.powernet.co.uk>
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49
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50 function out = base2dec (d, base)
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51
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52 if (nargin != 2)
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53 usage ("n = base2dec('d', base)");
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54 endif
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55
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56 symbols = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
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57 if (isstr (base))
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58 symbols = base;
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59 base = length (symbols);
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60 if (any (diff (sort (toascii (symbols))) == 0))
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61 error ("base2dec: symbols representing digits must be unique.");
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62 endif
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63 elseif (! is_scalar (base))
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64 error ("base2dec: cannot convert from several bases at once.");
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65 elseif (base < 2 || base > length (symbols))
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66 error ("base2dec: base must be between 2 and 36 or a string of symbols");
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67 else
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68 d = toupper (d);
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69 endif
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70
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71 ## Right justify the values before anything else.
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72 d = strjust (d, "right");
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73
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74 ## Lookup value of symbols in symbol table, with invalid symbols
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75 ## evaluating to NaN and space evaluating to 0.
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76 table = NaN * ones (256, 1);
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77 table (toascii (symbols (1 : base))) = 0 : base-1;
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78 table (toascii (" ")) = 0;
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79 d = reshape (table (toascii (d)), size (d));
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80
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81 ## Multiply the resulting digits by the appropriate power and
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82 ## sum the rows.
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83 out = d * (base .^ (columns(d)-1 : -1 : 0)');
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84
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85 endfunction