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Thread: Base Changing - Is there an easier method?

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    Default Base Changing - Is there an easier method?

    So, as my first attempt to make a method that changes a base 10 number into another Base.. I came up with this:
    	public StringBuffer toBaseSixteen(long x){ 
    		boolean solving = true;
    		String s = "";
    		long remain = 0;
    		int i = 16;
    		String [] list = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"};
     
    		while(solving){
    			remain = x % i;
    			if(remain > 9)
    				s += list[(int) (remain-10)];
     
    			if(remain < 9)
    			s += remain + "";
     
    			x /= i;
    			new StringBuffer(s).reverse();
    			if(x<1){
    				solving = false;
    			}
    		}
    		return new StringBuffer(s).reverse();
    	}

    Has anyone come up with a faster method? If so, could you point me in your direction of thought.. Or maybe even comment with your method?
    Simplicity calls for Complexity. Think about it.


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    Default Re: Base Changing - Is there an easier method?

    Have you seen the methods in java.lang.Integer that do this? Integer.parseInt(String, int) and Integer.toString(int, int)

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    Yes, I have! I just prefer to create these methods for practice, rather than use Java's library.
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    Default Re: Base Changing - Is there an easier method?

    'toBaseSixteen' has a trivial solution because you're not converting 'a decimal number', but an integer that's represented by binary bits. Base 2 to Base 2^N can be done by taking the N least significant bits, converting them to a base-N digit, and shifting the original number right N places.

    If you want to make your own generic base-changing code, you should use the template from Integer and implement parseInt(String, int) and toString(int, int), so that you can 'eat your own dog food' (convert an integer to a String, convert that String back to the original integer) to test that it works.

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