My textbook just goes through literally 2 or 3 examples of each. ie 010 = int 8. and 0xf = int 15. Does anyone have a trick to figure out the larger numbers? Maybe my brain is jello from studying too hard...cuz I can't seem to figure out a formula to convert larger Hex, and Octal numbers into an integer! Thanks in advance! ! !
posted 13 years ago
To convert from any abitrary base to base 10, you simply take each digit and multiply it with the proper power of two and sum these values. Take these examples:
If you need more help with this, do a search in this forum - I'm sure you'll find lots more samples. Corey