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where is the 16 for?

Max
– Max

2020-10-27 11:47:41 +00:00
Commented Oct 27, 2020 at 11:47
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@Max the 16 is for base 16. Normally people use base 10 (and in Python there's an implicit 10 when you don't pass a second argument to int()), where you start at 0 then count up 0123456789 (10 digits in total) before going back to 0 and adding 1 to the next units place. In base 16 (also called "hexadecimal" or "hex" for short) you start at 0 then count up 0123456789ABCDEF (16 digits in total). The int function accepts any number from 2 and 36 as the base, it just extends the alphabet: base 36 is 0123456789ABCEDFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

user3064538
– user3064538

2021-01-23 09:16:40 +00:00
Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 9:16

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