Function

dec2bin( value, place )

Converts a Decimal number to a Binary number as text.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
value	Text	Decimal value to convert, such as 123.
place	Number	The number of places to return.

Returns

Text

Usage considerations

Using the value parameter

Negative number values for value are handled using the 2's complement method.

Using the place parameter

The default value for place is however many places are necessary to represent the number.

Examples

dec2bin(16) returns 10000