Write code to account for a repeating segment when convertin

Write code to account for a repeating segment when converting from decimal to binary. Test your code on 0.68 and 0.4.

Solution

Executable code:

%input as decimal

decimalInput=0.68;

a=0;

b=1;

%loop to VALID input

while a == 0

     if decimalInput/2 > 0

          if decimalInput/2 ~= round(decimalInput/2)

               bin(b) = 1;

          end

          if decimalInput/2 == round(decimalInput/2)

               bin(b) = 0;

          end

     end

%dividing input by 2

     if decimalInput/2 < 1

          bin(b) = 1;

          a = 1;

     else

          b=b+1;

          decimalInput = floor(decimalInput/2);

     end

end

%computing the lenght

newbinVal=zeros(1,length(bin));

%loop to as long as the length

for a = 1:length(bin)

%

     newbinVal(a) = bin((length(bin)-a)+1);

end

if length(bin) < 8

     bin = [zeros(1,8-length(bin)), newbinVal];

else

bin = newbinVal;

end

fprintf(\'Repeating segments %i\ \', bin)