matomato

Hi, i have a problem i need to fix, i have a system giving a decimal number of 8 digits.

I need to be able to tell wether a certain digit in the number is 1 or 0, for example as above if digit 4 is at 1 then bang output, etc etc.

any help would be great as i have searched the help files and consulted my collegues, i hope i am just overlooking something simple.

how-to-select-individual-digits-from-a-decimal-number

I would also be very interested in knowing if this can be done easily, but i am working with binary numbers.

Last time I looked, these questions were answered in the tutorials.

For instance, to get the hundreds digit [num]->[/ 100]->[% 10]

To extract bits, use the [&] object to mask out the bit you're interested in, then optionally bit shift with [>>].

For instance, to get bit 3 (counting from *right* starting with zero) [num]->[& 8]->[>> 3].

If you just want to use the calculation to control a logic object (like if or a ggate), you can skip the bit shift.

These are really not Max-specific questions, they are fundamental DP techniques.