Re: number base conversion
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 12, 2004, 7:12 |
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Dennis Paul Himes ðesi:
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>>change those to letters: A=0, B=1, C=2, etc....
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>>gives 18 = S, 23 = X, 8 = I, 4 = E
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>20 = U, 25 = Z, 8 = I, 4 = E
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>>so base 26 is "SXIE"
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> That's backwards. It would be "EIXS" if your initial calculations had
>been correct. It's actually "EIZU".
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Well, that's not the most sensible system, anyway. Surely A should
equal (decimal)10. If that's the case, it's 48OJ
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