Fwd: number bases

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

Part of gluax, here's a wrapper:

Attachment: bitlib_wrap.lua
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You can extract the "hex()" and "bin()" functions.

usage:

local var= hex'ff00aa8'

I've found the string notation (no function paranthesis) to be 
extremely pleasant in this situation.


Edelleenlähetetyn viestin alku:

> Lähettäjä: "Brett Bibby" <research@gamebrains.com>
> Päiväys: perjantai, 31. lokakuuta 2003  08:03:11 +0200
> Vastaanottaja: "Lua List" <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
> Aihe: number bases
> Vastaus: Lua list <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
>
> Hi,
> Is there any way to specify numeric constants in any base other than 
> 10?
> Specifically I want to specify numbers in hexidecimal format such as
> 0x00a012b3.  Is there any way to do this?
> Thanks,
> Brett