Thread: Help with C++ Math

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    Smile Help with C++ Math

    Hello, I am new to these great forums here and new to C++ too

    Anyway, I am coding a binary to decimal converter and I have the math right and everything but C++ does not want to play nice with the math.

    here is the output:
    Code:
      Enter a binary number: 11110000
    
    1 = 98
            1 =  (2 ^ 0) * 1
    1 = 147
            1 =  (2 ^ 1) * 1
    1 = 0
            1 =  (2 ^ 2) * 1
    1 = 49
            1 =  (2 ^ 3) * 1
    0 = 288
            0 =  (2 ^ 4) * 0
    0 = 336
            0 =  (2 ^ 5) * 0
    0 = 192
            0 =  (2 ^ 6) * 0
    0 = 240
            0 =  (2 ^ 7) * 0
    the decimal number shows the output C++ gave for the digit, the tabbed line under it shows the math it did to get that number, if you do the math manually the output should be different.

    Here is my code:
    Code:
    char inText[32];
    int final;
    
    cout << "\n  Enter a binary number: ";
    cin >> inText;
    cout << "\n  Decimal Result: \n";
    
    for(int length = 0; length < strlen(inText); length++)
    {
            // The forumla
            final += 2 ^ length * inText[length];
    
            // Shows 1 = $output
            cout << inText[length] << " = " << ((2 ^ length) * inText[length]) << "\n\t";
            // Shows 1 = (2 ^ $len) * $digit
            cout << inText[length] << " = " << " (2 ^ " << length << ") * " << inText[length] << "\n";
    }
    
    cout << final;
    cout << "\n\n";
    Thanks in advance
    Last edited by aonic; 01-29-2005 at 03:40 AM.

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    ^ is exclusive-or (a bit operator) in C and C++

    If you want a 2 to the power of n, then do
    (1<<n)
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    Thanks, now I get:
    Code:
    1 = 98
            1 =  (2 << 0) * 1
    1 = 196
            1 =  (2 << 1) * 1
    1 = 392
            1 =  (2 << 2) * 1
    1 = 784
            1 =  (2 << 3) * 1
    0 = 1536
            0 =  (2 << 4) * 0
    0 = 3072
            0 =  (2 << 5) * 0
    0 = 6144
            0 =  (2 << 6) * 0
    0 = 12288
            0 =  (2 << 7) * 0
    With:
    Code:
    final += (2<<length) * inText[length];
                           
    cout << inText[length] << " = " << ((2<<length) * inText[length]) << "\n\t";
    cout << inText[length] << " = " << " (2 << " << length << ") * " << inText[length] << "\n";

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    1. I said ONE, NOT TWO
    1<<n
    you did
    2<<n

    2. If you type in 11110000 then the left-most bit is bit 7, not bit 0
    Code:
    for ( i = 0, b = 7 ; i < strlen(text) ; i++, b-- ) {
      if ( ...   1<<b  ...
    }
    3. When you do this
    ((2<<length) * inText[length])
    You're not multiplying by 0 or 1, you're multiplying by '0' or '1' (which in the ASCII character set is 48 and 49 respectively)

    So prior to maths, do this
    Code:
    int int_value_of_bit = inText[length] - '0';  // convert '0','1' into 0,1
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    Thank you, that solved my problems

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