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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="guide"
id="base">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#number"/>
</info>
<title>Number Bases</title>
<p>
To enter numbers in a particular number base use <link xref="superscript">subscript numbers</link>.
The following numbers are equivalent.
</p>
<example>
<p>
1001011₂
</p>
<p>
113₈
</p>
<p>
75
</p>
<p>
4B₁₆
</p>
</example>
<p>
When in <link xref="mouse">programming mode</link>, use the drop-down menu to change the base of the calculation.
</p>
<p>
Keyboard shortcuts can be used to switch to <gui>Binary</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq>), <gui>Octal</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>), <gui>Decimal</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>D</key></keyseq>) and <gui>Hexadecimal</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>) modes.
</p>
<p>
To convert numbers to other base on the fly, <link xref="conv-base">Number Base conversion</link> can be used.
</p>
</page>
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