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Engineering function
OCT2BIN
Converts an octal number to binary.
Rarely usedDifficulty 1250 · ProficientUsage rank #377 of 520
When to use it
Converts octal text to binary.
The shape of it
- Syntax
=OCT2BIN(number, [places])
Worked examples
Padded
=OCT2BIN(3,3) → 011
Padded to three.
Negative
=OCT2BIN(7777777000) → 1000000000
Negative octal to negative binary.
Simple
=OCT2BIN(144) → 1100100
One hundred.
Worth knowing
- Octal must fit in 10 binary bits.
- BIN2OCT reverses it.
- Result is text.
Where it goes wrong
- #NUM! for values above 777 or below 7777777000.
- Invalid digits (8 or 9) return #NUM!.
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