Linux provides commands for converting numbers from one base to another. Learn how to uses these commands and how to make the process easier with scripts and aliases. You might not be challenged very ...

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Using 2's comp. signed numbers, the octal number 500 would be negative when converted to decimal, correct?For non-signed numbers, to convert from octal to decimal, you just evaluate the power series ...

</pre> <BR>The problem is that if a number that begins with a zero is entered, its put in the 'number' variable as an octal. I would like it so its stored as an integer since i have to do ...