NAME

Math::Int2Base - Perl extension for converting decimal (base-10) integers into another number base from base-2 to base-62, and back to decimal.

SYNOPSIS

use Math::Int2Base qw( int2base base2int base_chars );

my $base = 16;  # i.e., hexidecimal
my $hex = int2base( 255,  $base );  # FF
my $dec = base2int( $hex, $base );  # 255

my $sixdig = int2base( 100, 36, 6  ); # 00002S
my $decno  = base2int( $sixdig, 36 ); # 100, i.e., leading zeros no problem

my $chars = base_chars( 24 );  # 0123...KLMN
my $regex = qr/^[$chars]$/;    # used as character class

use Math::BigInt;  # if needed
my $googol = Math::BigInt->new("1e+100");
my $base62 = int2base( $googol, 62 );  # QCyvrY2MJnQFGlUHTCA95Xz8AHOrLuoIO0fuPkHHCcyXy9ytM5N1lqsa
my $bigint = Math::BigInt->new( base2int( $base62, 62 ) );  # back to 1e+100

# from one base to another (via base-10)
sub base_convert {
    my( $num, $from_base, $to_base ) = @_;
    return int2base( base2int( $num, $from_base ), $to_base );
}

DESCRIPTION

Math::Int2Base provides int2base( $int, $base, $minlen ) for converting from decimal to another number base, base2int( $num, $base ) for converting from another base to decimal, and base_chars( $base ) for retrieving the string of characters used to represent digits in a number base.

This module only works with positive integers. Fractions are silently truncated to integers.

CONSTRAINTS

• Only (so far) supports bases from 2 to 62

• Does not (yet) support bases that skip digits (e.g., base-24 skips I and O, Math::Int2Base doesn't)

• Only supports positive integers.

• Does not support flexible case letters, e.g., in hexidecimal, F == f. In Math::Int2Base, f is not a hex digit, and A(base-16) == A(base-36) == A(base-62).

SEE ALSO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Positional_numeral_systems Math::BaseCnv Math::BaseCalc

The code is based on newsgroup discussion http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.misc/browse_thread/thread/3f3b416e3a79fd2/d2f62e10c837e782 particularly that of Dr. Ruud. Errors are my own.

AUTHOR

Brad Baxter, <bmb@libs.uga.edu>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 by Brad Baxter

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.