The following function is a sample function called "baseconv" that takes two
arguments. The first argument, InputNum, is an integer number to be
converted. The second argument, BaseNum, is the number of the base to
convert InputNum to.
Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Function baseconv(InputNum, BaseNum)
Dim quotient, remainder As Single
Dim answer As String
quotient = InputNum ' Set quotient to number to convert.
remainder = InputNum ' Set remainder to number to convert.
answer = ""
Do While quotient <> 0 ' Loop while quotient is not zero.
' Store the remainder of the quotient divided by base number in a
' variable called remainder.
remainder = quotient Mod BaseNum
' Reset quotient variable to the integer value of the quotient
' divided by base number.
quotient = Int(quotient / BaseNum)
' Reset answer to contain remainder and the previous answer.
answer = remainder & answer
' Convert answer variable to a number.
Loop
baseconv = Val(answer)
End Function
The function should be typed in a worksheet cell as follows:
=baseconv(InputNum, BaseNum)
For example, the following call to the baseconv function
returns the following value in the cell: