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Re: Question About Z-Level Number Thingie

• Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Dec 07, 1999
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Big number arithmetic is already available in the Euphoria Archives.
It does just what you are purposing.

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> Poster:       "C. K. Lester" <cklester at TICNET.COM>
> Subject:      Question About Z-Level Number Thingie
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> Howdy, guys 'n' gals,
>
> I was wondering if somebody could point me in the right direction...
>
> I want to be able to use what I am temporarily calling "Z-Level"
numbering,
> where it's like hexadecimal but it uses the whole alphabet (up to 'Z', you
> see). Whereas hexadecimal stops at F=15, z-decimal stops at Z = 36
(starting
> with 0=0 and workin' yer way up).
>
> I would like to have a generic routine where you can plug in a value and
> tell it what numbering scheme you want to use (anything from 1 (binary) to
> 36 (z-level) initially) and it
> will return that numbering scheme's number.
>
> For example,
>
> rVal = number(15, 16) would set rVal to the hexadecimal equivalent of "F",
> because I want '15' returned in base-16.
>
> Or, we could have a separate function for each number base. For instance:
>
> rVal = hex(15) would set rVal to "F".
> rVal = zex(36) would set rVal to "Z".
> rVal = zex(37) would set rVal to "10". (Right?)
>
> Anyway, if anybody could provide some hints and tips in this direction,
I'd
> appreciate it!
>
> TIA,
> < |<
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