Re: How do I convert hex numbers to decimal ?

[Wang Lei]

You could have a look at  format function.

On 9/7/09, Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> wrote:
> bolega wrote:
>> I have a bunch of related questions, but the solution is desired in
>> emacs lisp and to work inside emacs only.
>
> So why post to comp.unix.shell then?
>
> (Using printf is a shell way of doing what you want.)
>
>>
>> 1) How do I convert hex numbers to decimal ?
>> 2) How do I convert ascii to the character that it represents, short
>> of a table ? Any function or simpler algorithm ?
>> 3) What are the variables and how to set their values ?
>>
>> read-quoted-char-radix
>> quoted-char-radix
>>
>> 4) How do i find the emacs lisp code for C-x = to see how it gives the
>> ascii of the char at the cursor and then use to find the reverse, ie
>> ascii to char ?
>>
>> Thanks a lot to the star who can explain.
>


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Lei