creating a binary number

[Leonard B]

Depending on what you're actually trying to do you could maybe use
binary_to_integer/2 and integer_to_binary/2

3> binary_to_integer(<<"11111111">>,2).
255
4> integer_to_binary(255,2).
<<"11111111">>

Leonard

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:47 PM Java House <java4dev@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> Hi Jacob
> I tried it but it does not work
>
> 16> Z = <<<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring,<<1>>:1/bitstring>>.
> <<0>>
> 17> Z.
> <<0>>
>
> I should be getting back <<255>> but I get back 0.
>
>
> Στις Πέμ 9 Δεκ 2021 στις 5:17 μ.μ., ο/η Jacob <jacob01@REDACTED> έγραψε:
>>
>> On 12/9/21 5:04 PM, Java House wrote:
>>
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I am trying to build a binary number but I cannot find the correct way:
>> > 13> <<1:1/bitstring,
>> > 0:1/bitstring,0:1/bitstring,0:1/bitstring,0:1/bitstring,0:1/bitstring,0:1/bitstring,0:1/bitstring>>.
>>
>> It's either << <<1>>:1/bitstring >> or << 1:1 >> (for one bit).
>>
>> Jacob
>>