On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:17:34 CST, Andrew Ivanov wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > Where's the FM that tells how to convert numbers, like 0x11A to a > > "decimal"? > > 0x11A is in hex, and to convert it to dec is > 1*16^2 + 1*16^1 +10*16^0 > (A=10,B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, F=15)
I should never have asked this question before having some coffee. :-) > I may be wrong, but I think octal is in x0# format, so that > 0x0300 would be an octal number. > To convert that to dec is > just 3*8^2+0*8^1+0*8^0, and ignore the leading 0 after x, which is used to > idenbtify the radix. OK, hex numbers are radix 16, octal radix 8, decimal radix 1. So, a leading "0x" indicates hex, and a leading "0" traditionally indicates octal, although the latter may require contextual information to distinguish between decimal, which should not be written with a leading zero, if I read Henning Makholm correctly (thanks Henning!), and I'll disregard the mention of binary. Good. Now I can convert between hex, octal and decimal. I guess I'll have to determine when to use each based on context. Thanks! Now, where is that coffee? :-) -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED]
