hi paul... i got it upto 11 decimal...will you pls explain later part
again...
thanks a lot....

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Paul Smith <[email protected]>wrote:

> A language with N digits in it is using a Base N number system.
>
> Some 'languages' you are used to are decimal (0123456789), hexadecimal
> (0123456789abcdef) and binary (01)
>
> The language oF8 is essentially a Base 3 language.  Think of of8 as being
> 012.
>
> Therefore, the number Fo8 in this language is actually like the base 3
> number 102  which is 2 + (0*3^1) + (1*3^2) = 11 decimal.
>
> The number 11 decimal in the language ABCD would be 11 decimal = 31 base 4
> = DB.
>
> So, if the question was
>
> Fo8 oF8 ABCD
>
> then the answer would be DB.
>
> Alternatively, the input
>
> 16 0123456789 0123456789ABCDEF
>
> is merely saying to convert the decimal number 16 into hexadecimal.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Paul Smith
>
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:28 PM, mandy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hi there...can anyone tell what is the actual logic behind alien
> > number...
> > here is the link to the problem...http://code.google.com/codejam/
> > contest/32003/dashboard#s=p0
> > so pls..some one tell me logic behind this....not the program..
> > thanks a lot....
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