RE: A86: HEX Conversion
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RE: A86: HEX Conversion
Think back to grade school.
In decimal (base-10), you have several places.
hundreds place, tens place, ones place
Consider the number 6.
You have 6 ones (6*1). That's six.
Now consider the number 26.
You have 2 tens (2*10) and 6 (6*1) ones. That's twenty-six.
In hexadecimal, you also have several places.
(four thousand ninty-sixes place, two hundred fifty-sixes place,) sixteens
place, ones place (but we'll just worry about the lowest two).
So, sixteens and ones place.
Consider the numbers 5 and C.
You have 5 ones (5*1), that's five. You have C ones (12*1), that's twelve.
Now consider the number $26.
You have 2 sixteens (2*16=32) and 6 ones (6*1). That's 38.
Now consider the number $FF.
You have F sixteens (15*16=240) and F ones (15*1). That's 255 (the largest
two-digit hex number).
All of this (especially the large hex places) was verified by my TI-36X.
Understand? I hope so! There are lots of ways of explaining it, but no one
does it this way. This was what I learned in school when I had to learn to
count, and I always thought that if hex had been explained to me like this,
I would have got it, instead of wondering about it for 2 years. I was very
upset when I was 15 and actually got it. Three years later, it's a synch.
Don't worry, it gets easier to understand.
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> From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of UnEven Software
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 1998 10:56 PM
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: A86: HEX Conversion
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> About 2 weeks ago I asked if someone could explain how to convert HEX
> numbers to decimal numbers. Someone posted a routine to do this however
> what I wanted is how you actually do it. Some sort of explanation on
> how to look at 3f and say "hmm thats 13" (or whatever that may be). I
> know 1=1 (duh) 2=2 ... a=11 b=12 (right?) but how do you use the two
> together? Is it the first times the second? The first plus the second?
> If someone could explain this (NOT write a routine) I'd be thankful.
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