by Joseph Wang (1 Submission)
Category: Math/Dates
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(9 Votes)
Converts a number from base 2~36 to a number of base 2~36
Assumes
use all lower case if passed base 10
VBcodersOption Explicit
Private Function dec2any(number As Long, convertb As Integer) As String
On Error Resume Next
Dim num As Long
Dim sum As String
Dim carry As Long
sum = ""
num = number
If convertb > 1 And convertb < 37 Then
Do
carry = num Mod convertb
If carry > 9 Then
sum = Chr$(carry + 87) + sum
Else
sum = carry & sum
End If
num = Int(num / convertb)
Loop Until num = 0
dec2any = sum
Else
dec2any = -1
End If
End Function
Private Function any2dec(num As String, Optional numbase As Integer = 10) As Long
On Error Resume Next
Dim sum As Long
Dim length As Integer
Dim count As Integer
Dim digit As String * 1
length = Len(num)
If length > 0 And numbase > 0 And numbase < 37 Then
For count = 1 To length
digit = Mid$(num, count, 1)
If digit <= "9" Then
sum = sum + digit * numbase ^ (length - count)
Else
sum = sum + (Asc(digit) - 87) * numbase ^ (length - count)
End If
Next count
any2dec = sum
Else
any2dec = -1
End If
End Function
Private Function any2any(num1 As String, num1base As Integer, convertbase As Integer) As String
Dim answer As Long
If num1base <> convertbase And num1base > 0 And convertbase > 0 _
And num1base < 37 And convertbase < 37 Then
answer = any2dec(num1, num1base)
any2any = dec2any(answer, convertbase)
Else
any2any = -1
End If
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
' example: converts letter z of base 36 to base 2 (binary)
Me.Caption = any2any("z", 36, 2)
End Sub
