Well, I decided to implement my own way of doing this. I've attached the source. You're all welcome :)
On 8/12/07, Michael Bentley < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- Hi Robert,
- On Aug 11, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:
- Hi, I was wondering if there is a built in module that supports conversion in any direction between Binary, Hex, and Decimal strings? Thanks.
- Shouldn't be too hard to build one. Here's a little incantation to convert from base 10 to another base:
- import string
- def to_base(number, base):
- 'converts base 10 integer to another base'
- number = int(number)
- base = int(base)
- if base < 2 or base > 36:
- raise ValueError, "Base must be between 2 and 36"
- if not number:
- return 0
- symbols = string.digits + string.lowercase[:26]
- answer = []
- while number:
- number, remainder = divmod(number, base)
- answer.append(symbols[remainder])
- return ''.join(reversed(answer))
I've tried to figure out the correct indentation for this, and came up with
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import string
def to_base(n, base):
'converts base 10 integer to another base, up thru base 36'
n = int(n)
base = int(base)
if base < 2 or base > 36:
raise ValueError, "Base must be between 2 and 36"
if not n:
return 0
symbols = string.digits + string.lowercase[:26]
answer = []
while n:
n, remainder = divmod(n, base)
answer.append(symbols[remainder])
return ''.join(reversed(answer))
n = 12
base = 36
print to_base(n, base)
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This seems to work fine for n >= base, but not for n < base. For example, the code shown returns "c". Is my indentation wrong, or the code? It seems to me that the code should work for the general case, not just for n >= base.
Dick Moores
- How 'bout you hack a from_base function and email it back to me? (hint: type 'help(int)' in the python interpreter).
- Peace,
- Michael
- ---
- Let the wookie win.
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