| Purpose | Base specified format strings are a convenient way to specify a number in any base from 2 to 36. Base specified numbers are used to format the result of the base calculation function as well as (in some cases) to specify the number to be converted to another base. | |||||
| Format |
| b{base}_{number} | {base} is the base of the number | {number} is a string representing the number in the base specified in {base} b16_FF = b10_255 = b2_11111111 | all these are the number two hundred and fifty five specified in bases 16, 10 and 2 respectively | |
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