• ns (8/8) Jun 29 2007 Can some one please tell me if it is possible to convert a number from o...
• Stewart Gordon (9/12) Jun 29 2007 Yes. Any Turing complete language, of which D is an example, can be use...
• ns (3/19) Jun 29 2007 Thank you

ns <ns dummy.com> writes:

Can some one please tell me if it is possible to convert a number from one 
base to another arbitrary base. Is there any language construct or library 
function ?

I know that it is easy to specify number literals in different bases like
0123
0x12

Thanks in advance
SK

"Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:

"ns" <ns dummy.com> wrote in message news:f639ka$2nhc$1 digitalmars.com...
 Can some one please tell me if it is possible to convert a number from one 
 base to another arbitrary base.

Yes.  Any Turing complete language, of which D is an example, can be used to 
implement an algorithm to do this.

 Is there any language construct or library function ?

<snip>

std.string.toString(long value, uint radix) converts a number to any base 
between 2 and 36.  There doesn't seem to be a function in Phobos to convert 
_from_ an arbitrary base - don't ask me why.  But it shouldn't be difficult 
to write a function to do this.

Stewart. 

ns <ns dummy.com> writes:

Thank you
SK

Stewart Gordon wrote:
 "ns" <ns dummy.com> wrote in message news:f639ka$2nhc$1 digitalmars.com...
 Can some one please tell me if it is possible to convert a number from 
 one base to another arbitrary base.

 
 Yes.  Any Turing complete language, of which D is an example, can be 
 used to implement an algorithm to do this.
 
 Is there any language construct or library function ?

 <snip>
 
 std.string.toString(long value, uint radix) converts a number to any 
 base between 2 and 36.  There doesn't seem to be a function in Phobos to 
 convert _from_ an arbitrary base - don't ask me why.  But it shouldn't 
 be difficult to write a function to do this.
 
 Stewart.