How to do binary decimal calculations with bin2dec

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What is the Octave NaN for? Is dot wrong delimiter?

>> bin2dec ('10.1')
ans = NaN

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '09 at 23:07

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Nan means Not a Number

You operation produced an undefined result. bin2dec(s) returns the decimal representation of the binary number in s. But you passed a decimal number.

You probably wanted to use dec2bin()

answered Oct 05 '09 at 23:07

A Dwarf

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '09 at 23:29

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Those functions only work with integers.

answered Oct 05 '09 at 23:29

Dennis Williamson

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '09 at 23:49

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According to Octave's manual, you can open and read binary floating point data in VAX D and VAX G floating format, but 'Conversions are currently only supported for "ieee-be" and "ieee-le" formats.'

answered Oct 05 '09 at 23:49

hanleyp

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How to do binary decimal calculations with bin2dec

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