HEX to BIN

[D33wakar]

I'm trying to convert hexadecimal values to Binary.
I've done Decimal values to Binary up to 32 bits in this way:

#include <stdio.h>
int showbits(int);/**************function*prototype******************************/

int main()
{
unsigned int num;

printf("enter the number.");
scanf("%d",&num);

printf("%d in binary is  ",num);
printf("\n");

showbits(num);/*********************function*call********************************/

return 0;
}

showbits (int n)/******************function*definition****************************/
																				//*
{
  int i,k,andmask;

  for(i=31;i>=0;i--)
  {
     andmask = 1<<i;
     k=n&andmask;
     k==0?printf("0"):printf("1");
  }
}

Now I wan't to add hexadecimal values in it.

[Narue]

What makes you think there's a difference? Decimal vs. hexadecimal is a display representation, the underlying bits of corresponding values are unchanged.

[D33wakar]

What do you think the problem is?
I know

Decimal vs. hexadecimal is a display representation, the underlying bits of corresponding values are unchanged

In the above program, the user can only enter decimal digits 0-9.
I need a code that should be able to give :
00000000000000000000000000001111 for the digit F.

[Narue]

Note that scanf is converting the display representation to the value, so %d will look for decimal values. %x will allow you to read hexadecimal values.

[D33wakar]

Well,this is embarrassing.I'd never thought it that way.
I was looking for a data type that can hold alphanumeric digits.
But hey that's what discussion forums are for, right?
Thanks for the help Narue.