The DECIMAL function converts the text representation of a number in another base, to base 10 (decimal).
Parts of a DECIMAL formula
DECIMAL(value, base)
| Part | Description | Notes |
value |
The unsigned value to be converted to decimal, provided as a string. | |
base |
The base (or radix) to convert the number into. | The base is an integer from 2 to 36. |
Sample formula
DECIMAL(101,2)
Notes
- The string representation of the value is used, which should only contain numeric characters (i.e. scientific notation isn't permitted). The text of a string should be no longer than 255 characters.
- The DECIMAL function only converts to positive integers.
Example
| A | B | |
| 1 | Formula | Result |
| 2 | =DECIMAL(101,2) | 5 |
Related functions
- BASE: The BASE function converts a decimal number into a text representation in another base.
- BIN2DEC: The BIN2DEC function converts a signed binary number to decimal format.
- BIN2HEX: The BIN2HEX function converts a signed binary number to signed hexadecimal format.
- BIN2OCT: The BIN2OCT function converts a signed binary number to signed octal format.
- OCT2BIN: The OCT2BIN function converts a signed octal number to signed binary format.
- OCT2DEC: The OCT2DEC function converts a signed octal number to decimal format.
- OCT2HEX: The OCT2HEX function converts a signed octal number to signed hexadecimal format.
- DEC2BIN: The DEC2BIN function converts a decimal number to signed binary format.
- DEC2OCT: The DEC2OCT function converts a decimal number to signed octal format.
- DEC2HEX: The DEC2HEX function converts a decimal number to signed hexadecimal format.
- HEX2DEC: The HEX2DEC function converts a signed hexadecimal number to decimal format.
- HEX2BIN: The HEX2BIN function converts a signed hexadecimal number to signed binary format.
- HEX2OCT: The HEX2OCT function converts a signed hexadecimal number to signed octal format.