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Prism User's Guide - CSAIL People - MIT

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100 <strong>Prism</strong> User s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

If the right-hand side does not have the same type as the left-hand side, <strong>Prism</strong><br />

performs the proper type coercion.<br />

5.7 Changing the Radix of Data<br />

Use the command value - base to change the radix of a value in <strong>Prism</strong>. The value<br />

can be a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number. Precede hexadecimal numbers<br />

with Ox; precede octal numbers with 0 (zero). The base can be D (decimal), X<br />

(hexadecimal), or 0 (octal). <strong>Prism</strong> prints the converted value in the command<br />

window.<br />

For example, to convert 100 (hex) to decimal, issue this command:<br />

0xl00D<br />

<strong>Prism</strong> responds:<br />

256<br />

Version 1.2, March 1993<br />

Copyright © 1993 Thinking Machines Corporation

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