From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-05-14T02:41:52+09:00
Subject: Re: How to convert character to hexadecimal?

Sebastian Hungerecker wrote:
> 7stud -- wrote:
>> Why anyone would call a
>> method 'hex' whose return value is a decimal number is hard to
>> comprehend.
> 
> Agreed on the misleading name, but not on Integers being "decimal 
> numbers".

You can only interpret the meaning of an Integer in reference to some 
base.  The return value of the hex method returns an Integer whose base 
is 10.   An integer whose reference is base 10 is called a "decimal 
number".
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