https://scripter.co/categories/conversion/Recent content in conversion on A Scripter's Notesen-uskaushal.modi@gmail.com (Kaushal Modi)kaushal.modi@gmail.com (Kaushal Modi)Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:24:58 -0400Hugo -- gohugo.iohttps://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.htmlhttps://scripter.co/bin-dec-hex-conversion-in-python/<p>Python snippets to do number representation conversion among binary/decimal/hexadecimal.</p> <ul> <li>Binary -&gt; Decimal</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-python" data-lang="python"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;10010100&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><ul> <li>Hexadecimal -&gt; Decimal</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-python" data-lang="python"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;94&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">)</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><ul> <li>Decimal -&gt; Hexadecimal</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-python" data-lang="python"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">hex</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">148</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:]</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>The <code>[2:]</code> truncates the <code>0x</code> prefix added to hex output string.</p> <ul> <li>Decimal -&gt; Binary</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-python" data-lang="python"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">bin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">148</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:]</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>The <code>[2:]</code> truncates the <code>0b</code> prefix added to binary output string.</p> <hr> <p>Other conversions can be derived from the ones above.</p> <ul> <li>Hexadecimal -&gt; Binary</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-python" data-lang="python"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">bin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;94&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">))[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:]</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><ul> <li>Binary -&gt; Hexadecimal</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-python" data-lang="python"><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">hex</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;10010100&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">))[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:]</span> </span></span></code></pre></div>conversionpythonhttps://scripter.co/bin-dec-hex-conversion-in-python/Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:04:04 -0400