Summary of list of bits responses
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg28739] Summary of list of bits responses
- From: Raul Martinez <rmartinez at vrinc.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 03:38:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Vista Research Inc
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
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To the Mathgroup,
Murray Eisenberg posted a question about converting a list of bits into
a string representing a binary number. Many solutions were offered (none
by me), and I found the diversity so interesting that I've taken the
liberty to compile a summary of the solutions with examples and some
comments. Several of the proposed solutions were identical, and when
duplicates were accounted for six solutions remained. The summary is
contained in the attached Mathematica notebook.
HTH,
Raul Martinez
Staff Scientist
Vista Research, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
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