Oct
Converts a number to octal representation
Syntax
`
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As Byte ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As Byte, ByVal digits As Integer ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As Short ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As Short, ByVal digits As Integer ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As Integer ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As Integer, ByVal digits As Integer ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As LongInt ) As String
Declare Function Oct( ByVal number As LongInt, ByVal digits As Integer ) As String
`
Usage
`
result = Oct[$]( number [, digits ] )
`
Parameters
`number`
A number or expression evaluating to a number. A floating-point number will be converted to a `LongInt`.
`digits`
Desired number of digits in the returned string.
Return Value
A string containing the unsigned octal representation of `number`.
Description
Returns the unsigned octal string representation of `number`. Octal digits range from 0 to 7.
If you specify `digits` > 0, the result string will be exactly that length. It will be truncated or padded with zeros on the left, if necessary.
The length of the returned string will not be longer than the maximum number of digits required for the type of `number` (3 characters for `Byte`, 6 for `Short`, 11 for `Integer`, and 22 for `LongInt`)
If you want to do the opposite, i.e. convert an octal string back into a number, the easiest way to do it is to prepend the string with `"&O"`, and convert it using `ValInt` or `ValLng`, similarly to a normal numeric string. E.g. `ValInt("&O77")`
Example
`
Print Oct(54321)
Print Oct(54321, 4)
Print Oct(54321, 8)
`
will produce the output:

    152061
    2061
    00152061

Dialect Differences

- The string type suffix `"$"` is obligatory in the -lang qb dialect.
- The string type suffix `"$"` is optional in the -lang fblite and -lang fb dialects.

Differences from QB

- In QBASIC, there was no way to specify the number of digits returned.
- The size of the string returned was limited to 32 bits, or 11 octal digits.

See also

- `Bin`
- `Hex`
- `ValInt`
- `ValLng`