From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 23:45: 3 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 2200937B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:44:46 -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 35076]) by mail2.one.net with ESMTP id <110063-3572>; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:44:39 -0500 Received: (from mwithers@localhost) by arrakis.desert-power.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA32319; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:47:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwithers) From: "Mark B. Withers" To: Kevin Brunelle Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <20010127024708.B32133@arrakis.desert-power.org> References: <20010127022257.A32133@arrakis.desert-power.org> <3A7278EC.109CF2B@netzero.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3A7278EC.109CF2B@netzero.net>; from kruptos@netzero.net on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:29:47AM -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:44:35 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the reply. It seems much clearer now. I just have one more question about the 0x notation at the bottom. On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:29:47AM -0500, Kevin Brunelle wrote: > > I can relate mentally to the concept that the numeral system is based > > on 16 instead of 10 like decimal numbers are. > > Would the hexidecimal number 0xf mean 16? > > No. You are thinking of 1-10 as being base 10. That is wrong, it is 0-9; Then 0xf would be fifteen? Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message