Path: utzoo!dciem!array!colin From: colin@array.UUCP (Colin Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Mathematical routines Message-ID: <413@array.UUCP> Date: 3 Aug 90 21:00:22 GMT References: <1450.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP> Organization: Array Systems Computing, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Lines: 20 Write the numbers in base 11, where you have the following translation: ASCII Value ' ' 0 '0' 1 '1' 2 '2' 3 '3' 4 '4' 5 '5' 6 '6' 7 '7' 8 '8' 9 '9' 10 Actually, you may only need to do this with the last two digits; the first three can be normal decimal numbers, multiplied by 121. -- -Colin