Chris Castillo wrote:
I am having some difficulties in producing the correct code for a
simple binary to decimal conversion program. The arithmetic I want to
use is the doubling method - so if I wanted to get the decimal
equivalent of 1001, I would start with multiplying 0 * 2 and adding
the left most digit. I would then take the sum of 1 and multiply it by
2 and add the next digit to that product and so on and so forth until
I come to an end sum of 9.
I seem to come up with something like this:
binnum = raw_input("Please enter a binary number: ")
for i in range(0, len(binum), 1):
item = "0"
if i < len(binum) - 1:
item = binum[i + 1]
binsum = binsum * int(item) * 2 + binsum + int(binum[i])
print "\nThe binary number ", binum, " you entered converts to",
binsum, " in decimal."
Having said that I will point out
1 - to access elements of a sequence you may write:
for item in binnum:
2 - the first element of binnum is binnum[0]. Your code starts by
accessing the 2nd element.
3- you use binsum before assigning anything to it. That is bound to
raise a Name error.
4 - I don't understand binsum = binsum * int(item) * 2 + binsum +
int(binum[i])
That does not agree with your verbal algorithm.
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Bob Gailer
Chapel Hill NC
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