Basetonum, 73 basetonum – Apple iWork '09 User Manual

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Chapter 5

Engineering Functions

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Function

Description

“DEC2OCT” (page 85)

The DEC2OCT function converts a decimal
number to the corresponding octal number.

“DELTA” (page 86)

The DELTA function determines whether two
values are exactly equal.

“ERF” (page 87)

The ERF function returns the error function
integrated between two values.

“ERFC” (page 87)

The ERFC function returns the complementary
ERF function integrated between a given lower
bound and infinity.

“GESTEP” (page 88)

The GESTEP function determines if one value is
greater than or exactly equal to another value.

“HEX2BIN” (page 89)

The HEX2BIN function converts a hexadecimal
number to the corresponding binary number.

“HEX2DEC” (page 90)

The HEX2DEC function converts a hexadecimal
number to the corresponding decimal number.

“HEX2OCT” (page 91)

The HEX2OCT function converts a hexadecimal
number to the corresponding octal number.

“NUMTOBASE” (page 92)

The NUMTOBASE function converts a number
from base 10 into a number in the specified base.

“OCT2BIN” (page 93)

The OCT2BIN function converts an octal number
to the corresponding binary number.

“OCT2DEC” (page 94)

The OCT2DEC function converts an octal number
to the corresponding decimal number.

“OCT2HEX” (page 95)

The OCT2HEX function converts an octal number
to the corresponding hexadecimal number.

BASETONUM

The BASETONUM function converts a number of the specified base into a number
in base 10.

BASETONUM(convert-string, base)

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convert-string: The string representing the number to be converted. convert-string
is a string value. It must contain only numbers and letters that apply in the base of
the number being converted.

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base: The current base of the number to be converted. base is a number value and
must be in the range 1 to 36.

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