Best search algorithm to find condition within a range

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 7 Apr 2015 07:44 pm, jonas.thornvall at gmail.com wrote:


> I want todo faster baseconversion for very big bases like base 1 000 000,
> so instead of adding up digits i search it.

What digits would you use for base one-million?

Base 2 uses 0 1.
Base 3 uses 0 1 2.
Base 10 uses 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
Base 16 uses 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F.

Base one million uses what?

How would you write down 12345 in base one-million?



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Steven