From: git <redacted>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:21:04 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: add dc-based branch
X-Git-Url: https://git.datadissipation.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=afc152e65943fb50d71b8ba53cdd91dd04272256;p=baseconv.git

add dc-based branch
---

diff --git a/tobin b/tobin
index a10a72d..2223c9c 100755
--- a/tobin
+++ b/tobin
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ conv() {
 				printf "Decimal %s → Binary: " "$1"
 			fi
 			printf "%s" "$p"
-			printf "obase=2; %s" "$1" | bc
+			printf "%s 2o p" "$1" | dc
 
 		elif printf "%s" "$1" | grep -qE '^([0-9A-Fa-f]+|0x[0-9A-Fa-f]+)$'; then
 			if [ "$m" -eq 0 ]; then
 				printf "Hex %s → Binary: " "$1"
 			fi
 			printf "%s" "$p"
-			printf "ibase=16; obase=2; %s" "$(printf "%s" "$1" | sed 'y/abcdef/ABCDEF/; s/^0x//')" | bc
+			printf "16i %s 2o p" "$(printf "%s" "$1" | sed 'y/abcdef/ABCDEF/; s/^0x//')" | dc
 
 		else
 			printf "Error: '%s' is not a valid decimal or hexadecimal number\n" "$1" >&2
diff --git a/todec b/todec
index 30affa2..7c58259 100755
--- a/todec
+++ b/todec
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ conv() {
 				printf "Binary %s → Decimal: " "$1"
 			fi
 			t=$(printf "%s" "$1" | sed 's/^0b//')
-			printf "ibase=2; %s / %s" "$t" "$k" | bc | tr -d '\n' && printf "%s\n" "$p"
+			printf "2i %s %s / p" "$t" "$k" | dc | tr -d '\n' && printf "%s\n" "$p"
 
 		elif printf "%s" "$1" | grep -qE '^([0-9A-Fa-f]+|0x[0-9A-Fa-f]+)$'; then
 			if [ "$m" -eq 0 ]; then
 				printf "Hex %s → Decimal: " "$1"
 			fi
-			t=$(printf "%s" "$1" | sed 's/^0x//')
-			printf "ibase=16; %s / %X" "$(printf "%s" "$t" | sed 'y/abcdef/ABCDEF/')" "0b$k" | bc | tr -d '\n' && printf "%s\n" "$p"
+			t=$(printf "%s" "$1" | sed 'y/abcdef/ABCDEF/; s/^0x//')
+			printf "16i %s %s / p" "$t" "$k" | dc | tr -d '\n' && printf "%s\n" "$p"
 
 		else
 			printf "Error: '%s' is not a valid decimal or hexadecimal number\n" "$1" >&2
diff --git a/tohex b/tohex
index 3eab3b0..1e60b12 100755
--- a/tohex
+++ b/tohex
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ conv() {
 			if [ "$m" -eq 0 ]; then	
 				printf "Decimal %s → Hex: " "$1"
 			fi
-			printf "%s%X\n" "$p" "$1"
+			printf "%s" "$p"
+			printf "%s 16o p" "$1" | dc
 
 		elif printf "%s" "$1" | grep -qE '^0b[0-1]+$'; then
 			if [ "$m" -eq 0 ]; then
 				printf "Binary %s → Hex: " "$1"
 			fi
-			printf "%s%X\n" "$p" "$1"
+			printf "%s" "$p"
+			printf "2i %s 10000o p" "$(printf "%s" "$1" | sed 's/^0b//')" | dc
 
 		else
 			printf "Error: '%s' is not a valid binary or decimal number\n" "$1" >&2