Re: Simple Problem ??
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- Subject: [mg39234] Re: [mg39226] Simple Problem ??
- From: "Mihajlo Vanevic" <mvane at eunet.yu>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 00:10:59 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Try
base = 2; number = 11111111;
ToExpression[ToString@Evaluate@base <> "^^" <> ToString@Evaluate@number]
or
FromDigits[IntegerDigits@number, base]
Regards,
Mihajlo Vanevic
mvane at EUnet.yu
2003-02-04
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* At 2003-02-04, 02:23:00
* AON NEWS, frodo.biggins at gmx.net (nospam) wrote:
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>Hi
>it seems I have a simple problem, but I cannot find a (simple)solution:
>
>if I type 2^^1000111 mathematica calculates the correct dec. number
>
>but if I type: base=2; number=1000111; base^^number all I get is a error
>message ???
>
>So a function Convert[number_,base_] for base convertions cannot work ...
>Any ideas
>Thx
>Werner
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