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DEC2OCT(number, places)

DEC2OCT() is used to convert decimal number to its octal equivalent.

The 'number' can be in-between -536870912 and 536870911, else Calci displays a #NUM! error.
Output is a 30 bit number. The most significant bit is the sign bit and remaining bits are magnitude bits.
If 'number' is negative, Calci ignores the places and returns a 10 character (30 bit) octal number.
'places' argument can be omitted. Then, Calci displays the octal output with minimum number of characters necessary.
'places' is used for padding the output with leading '0's'.

For Example,

DEC2OCT(68,3) returns 104

DEC2OCT(99) returns 0000000143

DEC2OCT(99.45) returns 0000000143

Calci displays an error message, if the 'number' is an invalid decimal number.
If the 'number' is not an integer, Calci considers the integer part, and displays the output.
Calci ignores the 'places', if the output is more than mentioned 'places'.
Calci ignores the 'places', if the 'places' is non-numeric or negative.
If 'places' is not an integer, Calci truncates the 'places' value.

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 DEC2OCT(number, places)
-*The 'number' can be up to 20 digits (i.e. in-between -99999999999999999999 and -99999999999999999999).
+*The 'number' can be in-between -536870912 and 536870911, else Calci displays a #NUM! error.
 *Output is a 30 bit number. The most significant bit is the sign bit and remaining bits are magnitude bits.
 *If 'number' is negative, Calci ignores the places and returns a 10 character (30 bit) octal number.