How to use Python to convert an octal to a decimal
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From decimal to octal:
oct(42) # '052'
Octal to decimal
int('052', 8) # 42
If you want to return octal as a string then you might want to wrap it in str
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Austin Wildgrube
Updated on March 26, 2021Comments
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Austin Wildgrube about 3 years
I had this little homework assignment and I needed to convert decimal to octal and then octal to decimal. I did the first part and could not figure out the second to save my life. The first part went like this:
decimal = int(input("Enter a decimal integer greater than 0: ")) print("Quotient Remainder Octal") bstring = " " while decimal > 0: remainder = decimal % 8 decimal = decimal // 8 bstring = str(remainder) + bstring print ("%5d%8d%12s" % (decimal, remainder, bstring)) print("The octal representation is", bstring)
I read how to convert it here: Octal to Decimal, but I have no clue how to turn it into code.
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Jacob over 5 yearsAn explanation along with the answer would be useful.
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Admin over 5 yearstake into account ))
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joce over 5 yearsAdding some comments as to why this answers the original poster's question would be welcome.
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Peter Mortensen about 3 yearsIt is identical to your previous answer.
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Peter Mortensen about 3 yearsAn explanation would be in order.