Term: BIN_TO_NUM

Definition:
The BIN_TO_NUM function converts a bit vector to its equivalent number.

Example Syntax:

BIN_TO_NUM(,,....)

Example Usage:

SELECT BIN_TO_NUM(1, 0, 1, 0) FROM dual;

Each argument sent to this function represents a single bit in the bit vector. This function takes as arguments any numeric datatype (or any non-numeric datatype that can be implicitly converted to NUMBER). Each expression must evaluate to 0 or 1. The BIN_TO_NUM function returns a NUMBER datatype.

The BIN_TO_NUM function is available in Oracle 9i and above.

Related Links:

Oracle Conversion Functions: BIN_TO_NUM

Related Code Snippets:

BIN_TO_NUM - BIN_TO_NUM converts a bit vector to its equivalent number. Each argument to this func...