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BinStr function

In unit System

Convert integer to string with binary representation.

Declaration

pascal
function BinStr(Val: LongInt; cnt: Byte): shortstring

Description

BinStr returns a string with the binary representation of Value. The string has at most cnt characters. (i.e. only the cnt rightmost bits are taken into account) To have a complete representation of any longint-type value, 32 bits are needed, i.e. cnt=32

Errors

None.

See also

Example: ex82

pascal
Program example82;

{ Program to demonstrate the BinStr function }

Const Value = 45678;

Var I : longint;

begin
  For I:=8 to 20 do
    Writeln (BinStr(Value,I):20);
end.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.