From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: converting numbers to strings in arbitrary base (up to 36)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:39:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7hc0qioy.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 56262053-76f2-494e-b7ed-63a9105229ee@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com
> I have a file where I want to keep a counter (in base 36).
string-to-number takes a `base' argument, but that only works one way
(when reading) and the base can only be up to 16, bot up to 36.
So I think you'll have to do the conversion by hand (with the kind of
code you'd typically see in introductory programming books).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-15 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-15 18:42 converting numbers to strings in arbitrary base (up to 36) Mirko
2011-03-15 19:15 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-03-15 20:57 ` Mirko
2011-03-15 19:39 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-03-15 20:47 ` Johan Bockgård
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