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From:      "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net>
To:        Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@netzero.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: hexidecimal literacy
Message-ID:  <20010127024708.B32133@arrakis.desert-power.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A7278EC.109CF2B@netzero.net>; from kruptos@netzero.net on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:29:47AM -0500
References:  <20010127022257.A32133@arrakis.desert-power.org> <3A7278EC.109CF2B@netzero.net>

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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


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