converting ints from base 10 to base x

converting ints from base 10 to base x

[Louis-David Mitterrand]

Sorry to ask such a simple question, but I've been through the whole
documentation without success. 

Is it possible to print a number from, say base 10, to base 2? For
example I want to know how 255 looks in base 2, how do I do that? I know
how to print any number in base 10 with $[16#ff], but the reverse?

Thanks.

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Re: converting ints from base 10 to base x

[Andrej Borsenkow]

On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:

> Is it possible to print a number from, say base 10, to base 2? For
> example I want to know how 255 looks in base 2, how do I do that? I know
> how to print any number in base 10 with $[16#ff], but the reverse?
> 

% typeset -i 2 base2
% base2=255
% print $base2
2#11111111

I would like to know direct way as well. Probably, additional flag, such
as
   ${(b2)foo}
where value is printed in base 2 if result is integer value. Nice for
arrays as well.

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