positional-notation

Calculate the decimal equivalent given a base, a position and a decimal value

Install

npm i positional-notation

Basic usage

var fn = require('positional-notation');

fn(60, [1, 32]); //=> 1920
fn(5, [4, 3]); //=> 1875

Arbitrary precision

var Decimal = require('arbitrary-precision')(require('decimaljs-adapter'));
Decimal.setPrecision(50);

var d = require('to-decimal-arbitrary-precision')(Decimal);

fn.raw(d, 10, [2, 3/10]); // d(30)

where d is a toDecimal with at least times and pow.

Use case: functional hex to dec

const R = require('ramda');
const fn = require('positional-notation');

const symbols = {
  '0': '0', '1': '1', '2': '2', '3': '3', '4': '4', '5': '5', '6': '6', '7': '7', '8': '8', '9': '9',
  'A': '10', 'B': '11', 'C': '12', 'D': '13', 'E': '14', 'F': '15',
};

const posNotation = fn(Object.keys(symbols).length);

const hexToDec = R.pipe(
  R.toUpper,
  R.split(''),
  R.reverse,
  R.map(R.prop(R.__, symbols)),
  R.addIndex(R.map)(fn.mapper(posNotation)),
  R.sum
);

hexToDec('7E0'); //=> 2016

See spec.