>Hi All
>
>I have written my own number to binary to number function but I thought I would ask if there was an easier method. I am looking to take number eg 123456 and convert that into a binary string like "00000000000000011110001001000000". Is there a fast way to do this num to char-bin and back to number?

Hi Jos,

Function Bits2Num
  Lparameters tcBinary
  LOCAL ix,lnNum,lnLen
  lnNum = 0
  lnLen = Len(m.tcBinary)
  For ix=1 To Occurs('1',m.tcBinary)
  lnNum = BITSET(m.lnNum, m.lnLen-At('1',m.tcBinary,m.ix))
  endfor
  Return m.lnNum

String operations are slow in VFP and for any language in general. Why do you store it in a bin string? To me it looks like both a storage and performance loss. If you absolutely must and have a need for performance then probably you would want to create a FLL or .Net com for it (like Sedna Net4com)?
Cetin