Hi Bill; Thank you very much for the explanation. My nephew was explaining this system to me awhile back when he was testing for his FCC license. Now, reading your explanation brings back the conversation my nephew & I were having. Thanks again, take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Gallik To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] the A tilda An "octal digit" is a number in base 8. The number system of that sort counts like this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, The character representation to distinguish an octal digit from a decimal digit is the leading 0 so 6 and 06 are in fact the same value; but 23 and 023 are entirely different values where the 023 is the octal digit and is equivalent to the decimal value of 19 (023 being 2 8's and 3 single units). To go a bit further, hexadecimal digits are those with a 16 base; counting in hexadecimal would be as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 20, Hexadecimal digits are designated as such by a leading "0x" or "0X" so the numbers 0x20 and 20 likewise represent entirely different values; 0x20 is equivalent to 32 (2 16's and 0 single units). ---- Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: [email protected] - "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
