I see... that answers half of my question. This presumes I wanna convert
from binary to Integer. But is it possible to "convert" a Integer value to
binary. For example, if one of my program's users enters a value, how can I
show him the conversion in binary?

"Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> a �crit dans
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> It could not possibly get any easier. Ada allows you to express numeric
> literals in bases other than 10. The syntax is B#nnnn# where B is a base
and
> the nnnn is the number in appropriate base representation. (octal, hex,
> binary,... base 7 or 5 if you want to be unique!) So a binary number could
> be expressed as:
>
> 2#1111_1111_1111_1111#
>
> or just for fun:
>
> 16#FFFF#
> 8#177777#
> 10#65535#
>
> IIRC, you can only use bases between 2..16 - but that covers most of the
> ground anybody would want.
>
> Note also that burried somewhere in Text_IO are routines that will allow
you
> to print results using a base other than 10 - just in case you want to do
a
> little I/O with your bits...
>
> MDC
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> Marin David Condic
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>
> "Bob Gratton" <bobby@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:9e2x6.568987$JT5.15730002@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Ok... now I know how to use bitwise operators... I'd like to know also
how
> > to convert an integer value to its equivalent in binary.
> >
> > e.g.: 123 => 1111011
> >
> > Thanx again!
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
>