Option Strict On

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Module Module1
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Sub Main()
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Dim character As Char = "!"c, denary As Integer = 0, binary, hex
adecimal, oddParity, evenParity, hamming As String
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Console.Title = "ASCII to Hamming Converter"
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Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green
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Console.Write("ASCII Character: ") : character = CChar(Conso
le.ReadLine())
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Console.WriteLine("----------------------")
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denary = Asc(character)
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binary = Denary2BaseX(denary, 2)
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hexadecimal = Denary2BaseX(denary, 16)
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evenParity = Parity(binary, "Even")
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oddParity = Parity(binary, "Odd")
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'For Readability's sake...
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binary = binary.Substring(0, 3) & " " & binary.Substring(3,
4)
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evenParity = evenParity.Substring(0, 4) & " " & evenParity.S
ubstring(4, 4)
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oddParity = oddParity.Substring(0, 4) & " " & oddParity.Subs
tring(4, 4)
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Console.WriteLine("Denary:
{0}", denary)
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Console.WriteLine("Hexadecimal: {0}", hexadecimal)
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Console.WriteLine("Binary:
{0}", binary)
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Console.WriteLine("Even Parity: {0}", evenParity)
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Console.WriteLine("Odd Parity: {0}", oddParity)
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Console.WriteLine("Hamming:
{0}", hamming)
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Console.WriteLine("")
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End Sub
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Public Function Denary2BaseX(ByVal i As Integer, ByVal b As Integer)
As String
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Dim r As Integer = 0, n As String = "", c As String = "012345678
9ABCDEF", d As Boolean = False
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Do Until i = 0
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r = i Mod b
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i = i \ b
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n = c.Substring(r, 1) & n
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Loop
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Return n
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End Function
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Public Function Parity(ByVal binary As String, ByVal type As String)
As String
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Dim quantityOf1s As Integer = 0, parityBit As Integer = 0
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Parity = ""
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For Each character In binary 'Count the 1s
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If character = "1" Then quantityOf1s += 1
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Next
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Select Case type
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Case "Even"
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If quantityOf1s Mod 2 = 0 Then parityBit = 0 Else parity
Bit = 1
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Return parityBit & binary
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Case "Odd"
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If quantityOf1s Mod 2 = 0 Then parityBit = 1 Else parity
Bit = 0

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Return parityBit & binary

End Select
End Function
Public Function Hamming(ByVal binary As String) As String
'To be completed!
End Function
End Module