baseConvert: Number Base Conversion

In graywh/r-gmisc: Will's Miscellaneous Functions

Number Base Conversion

Description

Converts numbers from one base to another.

Usage

baseConvert(x, target, base = 10)

Arguments

x	number to convert. If base is greater than 10, x must be mode character. Otherwise, numeric is allow.
target	target base to convert x to.
base	starting base of x.

Details

Uses multiplication to convert the number to base 10 and integer division and modulo to convert that to the target base. The starting and target bases must be in the range [2,36].

Value

Character representation of the number in the new base.

Examples

baseConvert(231, 16)
baseConvert(231, 2)
baseConvert("7A", 10, 16)
baseConvert("100110110", 10, 2)

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