Issue 115799

Summary:	BASE(): support two's complement negative binary numbers (like DEC2BIN and HEX2BIN)
Product:	Calc	Reporter:	efa <efa>
Component:	programming	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues, pescetti
Version:	OOo 3.2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
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Description efa 2010-11-26 13:49:54 UTC

BASE(): support two's complement negative binary numbers, like DEC2BIN and HEX2BIN

This is usefull to represent high value negative numbers. As DEC2BIN and HEX2BIN
are limited to 10 binary digit, so no solution to represent binary numbers less
than -512.

Comment 1 Andrea Pescetti 2010-12-05 17:26:50 UTC

For reference: see also the corresponding post in the OASIS mailing lists at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/201011/msg00002.html

Comment 2 ooo 2010-12-06 12:51:23 UTC

For reference: tracked as http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3557