Re: number base conversion
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 12, 2004, 0:07 |
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> > How do you convert numbers between different bases quickly?
Many calculators (and PC calculator programs) will do it for you.
Gary Shannon wrote:
> Decimal fractions can exist in any number base.
> "A.BL" is zero plus 1/26 plus 11/676
Technically, no, decimal fractions can only exist in base 10, since
that's what "decimal" means. :) However, you can use positional
fractional notation in any base; for instance, 1/32 = 0.03125 decimal
= 0.00001 binary = 0.08 hexadecimal = 0.14I base 36.
-Mark