topic Comment regarding the Jan 11 Binary to Decimal conversion code sample in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/comment-regarding-the-jan-11-binary-to-decimal-conversion-code-sample/m-p/895487#M54164 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the Jan 11, 2005 SDN downloadable code sample for converting a Binary number to a Decimal number, form validate_data checks each individual byte of a field called "val" to determine if it is a '1' or '0'.</P><P></P><P>Instead, another way to do this (I think simpler and more efficient) is to use the CO operator as in the following example:</P><P></P><P>parameters: p_bin type i.</P><P></P><P>data: val type string.</P><P></P><P>val = p_bin.</P><P></P><P>if val co ' 01'. " Notice the space</P><UL><LI level="1" type="ul"><P>The number is binary</P></LI></UL><P>else.</P><UL><LI level="1" type="ul"><P>The number is not binary</P></LI></UL><P>endif.</P><P></P><P>Just my two-cents worth. </P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P><P>James Gaddis</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:17:05 GMT Former Member 2005-01-11T17:17:05Z Comment regarding the Jan 11 Binary to Decimal conversion code sample https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/comment-regarding-the-jan-11-binary-to-decimal-conversion-code-sample/m-p/895487#M54164 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the Jan 11, 2005 SDN downloadable code sample for converting a Binary number to a Decimal number, form validate_data checks each individual byte of a field called "val" to determine if it is a '1' or '0'.</P><P></P><P>Instead, another way to do this (I think simpler and more efficient) is to use the CO operator as in the following example:</P><P></P><P>parameters: p_bin type i.</P><P></P><P>data: val type string.</P><P></P><P>val = p_bin.</P><P></P><P>if val co ' 01'. " Notice the space</P><UL><LI level="1" type="ul"><P>The number is binary</P></LI></UL><P>else.</P><UL><LI level="1" type="ul"><P>The number is not binary</P></LI></UL><P>endif.</P><P></P><P>Just my two-cents worth. </P><P></P><P>Best Regards,</P><P>James Gaddis</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:17:05 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/comment-regarding-the-jan-11-binary-to-decimal-conversion-code-sample/m-p/895487#M54164 Former Member 2005-01-11T17:17:05Z Re: Comment regarding the Jan 11 Binary to Decimal conversion code sample https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/comment-regarding-the-jan-11-binary-to-decimal-conversion-code-sample/m-p/895488#M54165 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi James,</P><P>Thanks for your suggestion, and it was really useful.</P><P>Regards,</P><P>Kathirvel.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:31:16 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/comment-regarding-the-jan-11-binary-to-decimal-conversion-code-sample/m-p/895488#M54165 Former Member 2005-01-12T03:31:16Z