[Tutor] Help converting base32 to base16

[Jason Massey]

Nice entry at wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_32

I like the naming of Base32: *duotrigesimal

*Gotta try to work that into a conversation somehow.*
*
On 6/18/07, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> "cms cms" <cshan.pytutor at gmail.com> wrote
>
> > Newbie here trying to find a module that I can use to convert a
> > number of
> > strings (sha1 values) from base32 to base16 (hex), and vice versa.
>
> I'm intrigued. What does a base 32 number look like?
> For example what is 29 in base 32?
> Or 1022 for that matter?
>
> I undeetsanmd the principle but I'm wondering what characters
> are used above the F of hex.
>
> Also who uses base 32 and for what purpose?
>
> Alan G.
>
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