<div class="raw-html-embed">    <p>The <b>OCT2BIN</b> function is one of the <a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#engineering" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">engineering functions</a>. It is used to convert an octal number to a binary number.</p>

    <h5 class="pt8">Syntax</h5>
    <p><b><em>OCT2BIN(number, [places])</em></b></p>
    <p>The <b>OCT2BIN</b> function has the following arguments:</p>
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                <th style="background-color: #f4f4f4" width="150ch"><b>Argument</b></th>
                <th style="background-color: #f4f4f4"><b>Description</b></th>
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                <td><b><em>number</em></b></td>
                <td>An octal number.</td>
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                <td><b><em>places</em></b></td>
                <td>The number of digits to display. If omitted, the function will use the minimum number.</td>
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    <h5 class="pt8">Notes</h5>
    <p>If the argument is not recognised as an octal number, or contains more than 10 characters, or the resulting binary number requires more digits than you specified, or the specified <b><em>places</em></b> number is less than or equal to 0, the function will return the <b>#NUM!</b> error.</p>
    <p><a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#howtoapplyfunctions_block" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">How to apply</a> the <b>OCT2BIN</b> function.</p>

    <h5 class="pt8">Examples</h5>
    <p>The figure below displays the result returned by the <b>OCT2BIN</b> function.</p>
    <p><img alt="OCT2BIN Function" src="https://static-helpcenter.teamlab.info/oct2bin_d139fcaf9a.png"></p></div>

OCT2BIN Function

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Argument	Description
*number*	An octal number.
*places*	The number of digits to display. If omitted, the function will use the minimum number.

OCT2BIN Function

Syntax

Notes

Examples

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