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Mirko <mvukovic@nycap.rr.com> writes:

> But is there a way to write an integer in arbitrary base (again, 2-36)
> to a file?
>
> I looked at string-to-number, format, and calc

  (require 'calc-bin)
  (let ((calc-number-radix 36))
    (math-format-radix 71))

    => "1Z"