Sharp EL-5230, EL-5250 operation manual Nbase Nbase Program?, 2B or not 2B N-base conversion

Chapter 8: Application Examples

2B or not 2B (N-base conversion)

The conversion functions and logical operations can be used in the NBASE program mode. The following is a simple program that converts a decimal number to binary, pental, octal and hexadecimal formats.

1.Press b 2 1 1 to open a window for creating a NEW program in the NBASE program mode.

2.Type NBASE for the title then press e.

NBASE :NBASE PROGRAM?

•A NEW program called ‘NBASE’ will be created.

3.Enter the program as follows.

Program code	Key operations
Print”ENTER A	i 1 @ a ENTER s A
	; e
Print”DECIMAL NUMBER	i 1 @ a DECIMAL s
	NUMBER ; e
Input Y	i 2 ; Y e
Y¬BIN	; Y @ z e
Print”BINARY	i 1 @ a BINARY ;
	e
Print Y	i 0 ; Y e
Wait	i 3 e
Y¬PEN	; Y @ r e
Print”PENTAL	i 1 @ a PENTAL ;
	e
Print Y	i 0 ; Y e
Wait	i 3 e

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