2011/5/4 Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+ooofut...@googlemail.com> > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:06 PM, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2011/5/4 Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+ooofut...@googlemail.com> > > [...] > > I'm not quite sure I follow you here, Christian ; 089c is the hexadecimal > > representation of the number represented by the decimal 2204 > > Yes, but the 2204 is not a decimal number. 2204 is already a > hexadecimal representation. > > > [...] so I don't understand where the «double conversion» comes in. > > Your converting a "number" to hexadecimal that is already hexadecimal. > It is not two thousand two hundred and four, but 2*16³+2*16²+4 = 8708 > > > As I understand it, 2204 is the decimal and 089c the hexadecimal > > code for the glyph «∄», > > No. 2204 is the hexadecimal representation, and 089c is a completely > different character (one that is not assigned) > > > and the first page of Table de caractères Unicode ( > > http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/) would seem to back me up. > > No, on the contrary, when you look up 089c there (go to 0890 in the > leftmost row, then go to the c = 12th column (starting to count with > 0, i.e. the columns with characters are > 0890, 0891, … 0899, 089A, 089B, 089C (=2204), 089D, 089E, 089F > > Nowhere in the table's body, you'll see a hex digit, none of the small > numbers above the characters contains an a, b, c, d, e or f, while the > "outer" numbering does - thus those little number cannot be > hexadecimal, but those are the decimal ones, they are increased by one > left to right, top to bottom. > > go to > http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/?n=8192 locate the 2200 in the > leftmost index column, go to the 4th (again starting with 0) column > and you are at "our" character U+2204, with decimal number 8708. > > > But perhaps this > > is a misunderstanding on my part, and if so, I should be grateful if you > > would disabuse me.... > > Hope that helps. > > ciao > Christian >
Thanks, Christian ; I stand corrected.... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
