From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 23:21: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail4.one.net (mail4.one.net [206.112.192.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B07E37B402 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from ip-216-23-52-102.adsl.one.net ([216.23.52.102] EHLO arrakis.desert-power.org ident: IDENT-NOT-QUERIED [port 23044]) by mail2.one.net with ESMTP id <110013-3573>; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:20:31 -0500 Received: (from mwithers@localhost) by arrakis.desert-power.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA32200 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:22:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwithers) From: "Mark B. Withers" To: freebsd-questions Subject: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <20010127022257.A32133@arrakis.desert-power.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:20:19 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey folks! I was wondering if someone could help me with understanding hexidecimal numbers used in FreeBSD? I can relate mentally to the concept that the numeral system is based on 16 instead of 10 like decimal numbers are. Is the prefix 0x always used? What does the 0x mean? Would the hexidecimal number 0xf mean 16? Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message