Re: Converting Binary form to a desired array
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg76148] Re: Converting Binary form to a desired array
- From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:56:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Bergen
- References: <f2959d$n0n$1@smc.vnet.net> <f29bml$pku$1@smc.vnet.net>
Szabolcs wrote: > athlonspell wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have this: >> >>> BaseForm[212,2] = 10100 >> Now, I am trying to achieve this output from above: >> >>> {2^4, 0, 2^2, 0, 0} >> How do I go about do this? >> >> Thank you, >> Sharon >> > > Reverse@MapIndexed[#1 Superscript[2, First@#2] &, > Reverse@IntegerDigits[212, 2]] > > You may want to replace Superscript by Power if you need usable numbers > in the list (but then 8 will be displayed instead of 2^3). > Sorry, this should be Reverse@MapIndexed[#1 Superscript[2, First@#2-1] &, Reverse@IntegerDigits[212, 2]] (note the -1 in the second argument of Superscript)