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A simple function that returns the two's complement binary representation of a given number
/**
* @param {Number} value
* @param {Number} [bitCount = 0]
*
* @returns {String} binary representation of the two's complement of `value`.
*/
function twosComplement(value, bitCount) {
let binaryStr;
if (value >= 0) {
let twosComp = value.toString(2);
binaryStr = padAndChop(twosComp, '0', (bitCount || twosComp.length));
} else {
binaryStr = (Math.pow(2, bitCount) + value).toString(2);
if (Number(binaryStr) < 0) {
return undefined
}
}
return `0b${binaryStr}`;
}
/**
* @param {String} str
* @param {String} padChar
* @param {Number} length
*/
function padAndChop(str, padChar, length) {
return (Array(length).fill(padChar).join('') + str).slice(length * -1);
}
// Tests
//----------------------------------
console.log(`0 = ${twosComplement(0, 8)}`);
console.log(`1 = ${twosComplement(1, 8)}`);
console.log(`2 = ${twosComplement(2, 8)}`);
console.log(`13 = ${twosComplement(13, 8)}`);
console.log('');
console.log(`-1 = ${twosComplement(-1, 8)}`);
console.log(`-2 = ${twosComplement(-2, 8)}`);
console.log(`-3 = ${twosComplement(-3, 8)}`);
console.log(`-4 = ${twosComplement(-4, 8)}`);
console.log(`-5 = ${twosComplement(-5, 8)}`);
console.log(`-6 = ${twosComplement(-6, 8)}`);
console.log(`-7 = ${twosComplement(-7, 8)}`);
console.log('');
console.log(`1.5 = ${twosComplement(1.5, 8)}`);
console.log(`1.25 = ${twosComplement(1.25, 8)}`);
console.log(`5.5 = ${twosComplement(5.5, 8)}`);
console.log(`5.75 = ${twosComplement(5.75, 8)}`);
@saurav-valardigital
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i want the binary signed 2s compliment of decimal. like this
-200 ==> 1111111100111000
5422 ==> 0001010100101110

can you please do this

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bsara commented Nov 21, 2021

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