Decimal floating point number to binary: Difference between revisions

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     if d>0 then
         res &= '.'
---      while d>0 do -- (see update below)
         while d>0
-          and (base=2 or length(res)<15) do
+          and (find(base,{2,4,8,16,32}) or length(res)<15) do
             d *= base
             integer digit = floor(d)
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 The truth of the matter is simply that you ''can'' extract a float to a binary text representation exactly,
 in a way that you just cannot do for most other (ie non-power-2) bases.<br>
-Update: Added a limiter for non-base-2 fractions, as per 1/3 -> 0.333 forever in decimal. Base 2 is guaranteed to
+Update: Added a limiter for non-base-2 fractions, as per 1/3 -> 0.333 forever in decimal.
-terminate anyway, but for other bases we need some limit - the 15 I opted for is completely arbitrary.
+Base 2/4/8/16/32 are guaranteed to terminate anyway, but for other bases we need some limit
+ - the 15 that I opted for is completely arbitrary.
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