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From: ark@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: algorithm to convert N into base 3 wanted!
Message-ID: <8130@alice.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 88 02:07:49 GMT
References: <650003@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <650003@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, tedj@hpcilzb.UUCP writes:
> Does anyone know of an algorithm to convert a positive integer N into
> its base 3 representation?  (e.g., 14 in base 10 is 112 in base 3).

To convert a number to base N:

	void convert(unsigned x, unsigned N)
	{
		if (x >= N)
			convert(x/N, N);
		printdigit(x%N);
	}
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