> > OK. How about if that sentence began with `When specifying n, the > > digits greater ...'? > > declare -i foo; foo=20#a2; echo "$foo" > 202 > > [base#]n, 'base' is a INTEGER 2-64, then '#', followed by the number.
How is `INTEGER' any clearer? Integer constants can be specified as octal
or hex.
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