Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> > > For a simple example, convert both 10247448370872321 and
> > > 10247448370872319 from base ten to 4 digits of hex. The calculations
> > > need to be carried out to 15 places of hex (or 17 places of decimal)
> > > just to determine whether the fourth hex digit is a
> > For a simple example, convert both 10247448370872321 and
> > 10247448370872319 from base ten to 4 digits of hex. The calculations
> > need to be carried out to 15 places of hex (or 17 places of decimal)
> > just to determine whether the fourth hex digit is a 7 or 8:
> >
> > >>> hex(1024744
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> [Terry Hancock]
> > > Needless to say, the conventional floating point numbers in Python
> > > are actually stored as *binary*, which is why there is a "decimal"
> > > module (which is new).
> > >
> > > If you're going to be converting between bases anyway, it probably
[Terry Hancock]
> > Needless to say, the conventional floating point numbers in Python
> > are actually stored as *binary*, which is why there is a "decimal"
> > module (which is new).
> >
> > If you're going to be converting between bases anyway, it probably
> > makes little difference whether you
Brian van den Broek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I guess it is more of a maths question than a programming one, but it
> involves use of the decimal module, so here goes:
>
> As a self-directed learning exercise I've been working on a script to
> convert numbers to arbitrary bases. It aims to take any of w
Terry Hancock said unto the world upon 05/07/2005 11:49:
> On Monday 04 July 2005 06:11 am, Brian van den Broek wrote:
>
>>As a self-directed learning exercise I've been working on a script to
>>convert numbers to arbitrary bases. It aims to take any of whole
>>numbers (python ints, longs, or De
Brian van den Broek wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I guess it is more of a maths question than a programming one, but it
> involves use of the decimal module, so here goes:
>
> As a self-directed learning exercise I've been working on a script to
> convert numbers to arbitrary bases. It aims to take any of
On Monday 04 July 2005 06:11 am, Brian van den Broek wrote:
> As a self-directed learning exercise I've been working on a script to
> convert numbers to arbitrary bases. It aims to take any of whole
> numbers (python ints, longs, or Decimals), rational numbers (n / m n,
> m whole) and floating p
Hi all,
I guess it is more of a maths question than a programming one, but it
involves use of the decimal module, so here goes:
As a self-directed learning exercise I've been working on a script to
convert numbers to arbitrary bases. It aims to take any of whole
numbers (python ints, longs, or
