[Newbies] In Squeak SmallTalk, what can I do to display a number in any hex I want?

K K Subbu kksubbu.ml at gmail.com
Mon Oct 23 06:43:48 UTC 2017


On Monday 23 October 2017 10:40 AM, RedTigerFish wrote:
>           Transcript show: 'aa='. Transcript show: 23124234 * 431213; cr.
> 
> The output is aa=9971470315842 9971470315842 is a decimal number. What 
> can I do to display a number in any hex I want ??

Transcript show: (23124234 * 431213) hex; cr

You can discover such functions by giving an example in Method Finder. 
For instance 23 is represented as 16r17 in hex, so:

    23 . '16r17'

will reveal the method. For any radix, see printStringBase: method.

HTH .. Subbu


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