Part 1 using JavaScript, with JQuery for input/displaying. Will try to get to part 2 soon. Feedback welcome.
`//convert number to binary function convertToBinary(i){ var bin = i.toString(2); return padBinary(bin); }
//need to pad number with necessary 0's as JS strips leading zeros in numbers function padBinary(s){ var i =0; if(s.length < 8){ i = (8 - s.length); } var pad = ''; while(i > 0){ pad = pad + '0'; i = i -1; }
return pad + s; }
//read the input (needs to be on window for JSfiddle) and call displayOut Fn window.readInput = function(){ var input = $('textarea#instructions').val().split("\n");
displayOutput(input); }
/** Take input array and loop over, if it begins with ld set a to the number, if it begins with out, display output **/ function displayOutput(input){ var a;
input.forEach(function(d){ d.trim();
if(d.indexOf('ld') !== -1){
a = Number.parseInt(d.split(',')[1]);
}else if(d.indexOf('out') !== -1){
var bin = convertToBinary(a),
binAr = bin.split(''),
output = '';
binAr.forEach(function(b){
if(b === '0'){
output = output + '.'
}else if(b === '1'){
output = output + '*';
}
});
$('div#output').append(output);
$('div#output').append("<br>");
}
});
`}