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Engineering function
BIN2OCT
Converts a binary number to octal.
Rarely usedDifficulty 1250 · ProficientUsage rank #364 of 520
When to use it
Converts binary text to octal.
The shape of it
- Syntax
=BIN2OCT(number, [places])
Worked examples
Padded
=BIN2OCT("1001",3) → 011
Padded to three.
Simple
=BIN2OCT("1100100") → 144
One hundred.
Negative
=BIN2OCT("1111111111") → 7777777777
Negative.
Worth knowing
- Up to 10 binary digits.
- OCT2BIN reverses it.
- Result is text.
Where it goes wrong
- #NUM! for invalid digits or too many characters.
- Places is ignored for negatives.
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