• Number Conversion

    The purpose of this program is to show - in a step by step - how numbers are converted from one base to another by using three of the most common and most used bases. Number conversion is a process by which a number can be converted from one base to another. Natural numbers, for example, are numbers of base 10; they are represented by the digits 0-9.
    Binary numbers are numbers of base 2; and they represented by the digits 0-1.
    Octal numbers are numbers of base 8; and they are represented by the digits 0–7.
    Hexadecimal numbers are numbers of base 16; and they are represented by the numbers 0–15, but because the numbers 10 to 15 are numbers of two digits, 10-15 are replaced the the letters A-F. The following example explains why.

    As an example, converting the decimal number 1234, to hexadecimal will produce 2, 13 and 4 as remainders of continual division by 16, from which the hexadecimal number can be built by collecting the remainder in a reversed order to give 4132, but this is not correct, because if this number is to be reversed back to its decimal form, it will give a completely different number from 1234. Hence, to avoid confusion, remainders greater than 9 are represented by the letters A-F, as in A is 10, B is 11 and so on to F is 15.
    Other number bases exit and can be converted to and from, each has its name. The table to the right lists some of them with direct link to a more in depth details of some of them.
    For more in depth details about number bases and their uses, visit the Wikipedia link, List of numeral systems.


    Number Bases

    Base Name
    2 Binary
    3 Ternary
    4 Quaternary
    5 Quinary
    6 Senary
    7 Septenary
    8 Octal
    10 Decimal
    Base Name
    11 Undecimal
    12 Duodecimal
    13 Tridecimal
    14 Tetradecimal
    15 Pentadecimal
    16 Hexadecimal
    20 Vigesimal
    26 Hexavigesimal

Number Conversion Tool

Use this program to convert from one number base to another. As this is a graphically illustrated program, only three of the most common bases are used.


Canvas Settings

Change the width and height of the canvas if they are unsuitable or accept the default values.
If the canvas is too large or too small, it can be reset and the program re-run, until a suitable size is found.

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Conversion

There are two options to convert. Create a table of conversions, creates a table for a range of decimal numbers entered by the user to be converted to binary, Octal and hexadecimal or the second option Convert from one base to another where one number can be converted from any of the mentioned bases to any other base. The result is a graphical illustration of how to do conversion.


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Results

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Visual representation of number base conversion