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how do i convert a number in base b to a number in base 10 using python

Jun 16th, 2004 03:34
Thomas Samson, bob leron, http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html,http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/

You use 'int': 
int([x[, radix]]) 
if x is a string, it is converted using the optionnal parameter radix 
as a base. 
radix must be in the range [2, 36], or zero 
 
src_nbr = "101010" 
dec = int(src_nbr, 2) 
 
If you want to do this with radix outside the [2,36] range, look at 
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/111286