On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 02:54:39PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: [..] > > > >Fix: > > > Not provided, sorry, I did look at the source code but this seems > > > beyond me at first glance, and I'm not even sure if I'm using dc > > > right. > > > > > > > How can stripping leading zeros lead to a change in value? They are > > always implicit and always stripped by dc. Only 0 is printed as 0, not > > stripping the leading zero because that would lead to an empty string. > > > > You are assuming some form of grouping wil be done. That is not true. > > Note that 125 is not a multiple of 4. > > > > to illustrate using bc: > > $ bc > > obase=16 > > ibase=2 > > 10010110010111110111010010011101110100111010010010100101001001010001111110101011101101010100001000100110010100010010100111001 > > 12CBEE93BA7494A4A3F576A844CA2539 > > To phrase it differently, when converting from base 2 to base 16, you > need to start at the *end*, not the beginning of the string. The > grouping of 4 base 2 digits to 1 base 16 digit only works since 2^4 == > 16. > > -Otto >
OK gotcha. Thanks Otto! Best Regards, -peter
