{"id":19220,"date":"2022-11-05T21:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-perl-quick-switch-from-quaternary-to-decimal\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T16:15:48","slug":"solved-perl-quick-switch-from-quaternary-to-decimal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-perl-quick-switch-from-quaternary-to-decimal\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] perl quick switch from quaternary to decimal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-12521020\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"12521020\" data-parentid=\"12520462\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Base 4 requires exactly 2 bits, so it&#8217;s easy to handle efficiently.<\/p>\n<pre><code>my $uvsize = length(pack('J&gt;', 0)) * 8;\nmy %base4to2 = map { $_ =&gt; sprintf('%2b', $_) } 0..3;\n\nsub base4to10 {\n   my ($s) = @_;\n   $s =~ s\/(.)\/$base4to2{$1}\/sg;\n   $s = substr((\"0\" x $uvsize) . $s, -$uvsize);\n   return unpack('J&gt;', pack('B*', $s));\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This allows inputs of 16 digits on builds supporting 32-bit integers, and 32 digits on builds supporting 64-bit integers.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible to support slightly larger numbers using floating points: 26 on builds with IEEE doubles, 56 on builds with IEEE quads. This would require a different implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Larger than that would require a module such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/search.cpan.org\/perldoc?Math%3a%3aBigInt\">Math::BigInt<\/a> for Perl to store them.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Faster and simpler:<\/p>\n<pre><code>my %base4to16 = (\n   '0' =&gt; '0',   '00' =&gt; '0',   '20' =&gt; '8',\n   '1' =&gt; '1',   '01' =&gt; '1',   '21' =&gt; '9',\n   '2' =&gt; '2',   '02' =&gt; '2',   '22' =&gt; 'A',\n   '3' =&gt; '3',   '03' =&gt; '3',   '23' =&gt; 'B',\n                 '10' =&gt; '4',   '30' =&gt; 'C',\n                 '11' =&gt; '5',   '31' =&gt; 'D',\n                 '12' =&gt; '6',   '32' =&gt; 'E',\n                 '13' =&gt; '7',   '33' =&gt; 'F',\n);\n\nsub base4to10 {\n   (my $s = $_[0]) =~ s\/(..?)\/$base4to16{$1}\/sg;\n   return hex($s);\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">6<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved perl quick switch from quaternary to decimal <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Base 4 requires exactly 2 bits, so it&#8217;s easy to handle efficiently. my $uvsize = length(pack(&#8216;J&gt;&#8217;, 0)) * 8; my %base4to2 = map { $_ =&gt; sprintf(&#8216;%2b&#8217;, $_) } 0..3; sub base4to10 { my ($s) = @_; $s =~ s\/(.)\/$base4to2{$1}\/sg; $s = substr((&#8220;0&#8221; x $uvsize) . $s, -$uvsize); return unpack(&#8216;J&gt;&#8217;, pack(&#8216;B*&#8217;, $s)); } This &#8230; <a title=\"[Solved] perl quick switch from quaternary to decimal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-perl-quick-switch-from-quaternary-to-decimal\/\" aria-label=\"More on [Solved] perl quick switch from quaternary to decimal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320],"tags":[1597,442,4200],"class_list":["post-19220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solved","tag-pack","tag-perl","tag-unpack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Solved] perl quick switch from quaternary to decimal - JassWeb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-perl-quick-switch-from-quaternary-to-decimal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Solved] perl quick switch from quaternary to decimal - JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] Base 4 requires exactly 2 bits, so it&#8217;s easy to handle efficiently. my $uvsize = length(pack(&#039;J&gt;&#039;, 0)) * 8; my %base4to2 = map { $_ =&gt; sprintf(&#039;%2b&#039;, $_) } 0..3; sub base4to10 { my ($s) = @_; $s =~ s\/(.)\/$base4to2{$1}\/sg; $s = substr((&quot;0&quot; x $uvsize) . $s, -$uvsize); return unpack(&#039;J&gt;&#039;, pack(&#039;B*&#039;, $s)); } This ... 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