Documentation/How Tos/Calc: DEC2OCT function

DEC2OCT

Converts a decimal number to octal.

This function is only available if the Analysis AddIn is installed.

Syntax:

DEC2OCT(number; numdigits)

returns an octal number as text, given the decimal number, which must be between -2²⁹ and 2²⁹-1 inclusive, and may be text or a number.

The result is an octal number with up to ten digits in two's complement representation.

numdigits is an optional number specifying the number of digits to return.

Example:

DEC2OCT(19)

returns 23 as text.

DEC2OCT("19")

returns 23 as text. DEC2OCT will accept a decimal number given as text.

DEC2OCT(19; 3)

returns 023 as text. Leading zeroes are added to make 3 digits.

DEC2OCT(-2)

returns 7777777776 as text.