aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJoe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400
committerJoe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400
commit40e5a5811c6ffce9b0974e93cdd927cbcf60c157 (patch)
tree4464880c571602d54f6ae114729bf62a89518057 /pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp
downloadiraf-osx-40e5a5811c6ffce9b0974e93cdd927cbcf60c157.tar.gz
Repatch (from linux) of OSX IRAF
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp')
-rw-r--r--pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp43
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp b/pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01f822ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utilities/doc/bases.hlp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.help bases Jan85 utilities
+.ih
+NAME
+bases -- Convert an integer to hex, octal, and binary
+.ih
+USAGE
+bases i
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls i
+Integer for base conversion.
+.le
+.ls nbyte = 0
+Number of bytes of precision. Allowed values are "0", "1", "2", or "4".
+.le
+.ls verbose = yes
+Print labels for columns?
+.le
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+The BASES task converts an input integer value to equivalent values in
+other base systems.
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+1. Convert the number 256 (in various bases). Note the 'x' and 'b' suffix
+appended to the value to change the input base value:
+
+.nf
+ ecl> bases 256 # decimal input
+ dec hex octal 7654 3210 7654 3210
+ 256 0100x 000400b 0000 0001 0000 0000
+ ecl> bases 256x # hex input
+ dec hex octal 7654 3210 7654 3210
+ 598 0256x 001126b 0000 0010 0101 0110
+ ecl> bases 256b # octal input
+ dec hex oct 7654 3210
+ 174 AEx 256b 1010 1110
+
+.fi
+
+.ih
+SEE ALSO
+.endhelp