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    i need hint...

    can someone gimme hint for making program that converts binary number to decimal number?

    I think if i can find number of digits in input, then i can do something.. but how can I find number of digits in input?

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    >>can someone gimme hint for making program that converts binary number to decimal number?
    I'm sure a board search will help. This does seem to be the topic of the week

    >>but how can I find number of digits in input?
    How do you obtain the input? From the user? Did you get it as a string with fgets()? If so, how about using strlen()?
    When all else fails, read the instructions.
    If you're posting code, use code tags: [code] /* insert code here */ [/code]

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    Converting binary to decimal is easy if the binary number is a string. Just do something like this.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    void revstr( char *str )
    {
            char *str_start = str;
            char *str_end = &str[strlen( str ) - 1];
            char chr_hold;
    
            while( str_start < str_end ) {
                    chr_hold = *str_start;
                    *str_start++ = *str_end;
                    *str_end-- = chr_hold;
            }
    }
    
    long bincon( char *bin )
    {
            long dec = 0, base = 1;
    
            revstr( bin );
    
            while( *bin != '\0' ) {
                    if( *bin++ == '1' )
                            dec += base;
                    base <<= 1;
            }
    
            return dec;
    }
    
    int main()
    {
            char bin[] = "1011010" /* Put a binary string here (ex. "1011010") */;
    
            printf( "The decimal value is %ld\n", bincon( bin ) );
    
            return 0;
    }
    Processing error: Stupidity detected.
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    Dr. Bebop
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    Post us your code and we help you with it.

    Mr. C.

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