1. Octal format
I have an attachment that was sent to me via email in MIME application/octa=
l-stream. My email program seems to be reading it as straight ASCII text, =
which is completely unusable. I need to write a Euphoria program to =
convert the ASCII bitstream (after calling int_to_bytes) to an octal =
bitstream (after concatenating all the sequences together). My only =
dilemna is my poor memory. The octal digit is 3 bits long, isn't it? So =
the character 'A' (65 decimal) would be 101 octal, I think. Please =
correct me if I'm wrong.
Michael J. Sabal
2. Re: Octal format
On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:50:01 -0400, Mike Sabal <MikeS at NOTATIONS.COM> wrote:
together). My only dilemna is my poor memory. The octal digit is 3 bits
long, isn't it? So the character 'A' (65 decimal) would be 101 octal, I
think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
that value is correct Michael
Bernie
3. Re: Octal format
On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:50:01 -0400, Mike Sabal <MikeS at NOTATIONS.COM> wrote:
together). My only dilemna is my poor memory. The octal digit is 3 bits
long, isn't it? So the character 'A' (65 decimal) would be 101 octal, I
think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
Michael
PS
A octal number is three octal digits 101
65 decimal in octal bits will be 001 000 001
Bernie
4. Re: Octal format
>>> Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET> 10/08/99 03:03PM >>>
>On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:50:01 -0400, Mike Sabal ><MikeS at NOTATIONS.COM> =
wrote:
>together). My only dilemna is my poor memory. The octal digit is >3 =
bits
>long, isn't it? So the character 'A' (65 decimal) would be 101 >octal, I
>think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>Michael
> PS
> A octal number is three octal digits 101
> 65 decimal in octal bits will be 001 000 001
>Bernie
That's what I thought I remembered. So if I'm looking purely at a =
bitstream, I'll have to merge each 8-bit sequence, then parse it into a =
9-bit sequence to get the correct values, right?
5. Re: Octal format
All I can suggest is that you try checking manually the first few
characters to see if the text makes sense before writing a program.
You may find that it is not octal after going to all the trouble of
writing a program.
Bernie
