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.... > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google Code Jam" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
