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Subject:Re: Hexadecimal Numbers From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 26 Jun 1997 07:19:31 -0700
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>From:Wilcox, John (Contractor)[SMTP:wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM]
>>>> decimal 32 = 0x20
>>>> decimal 32 = 20h
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>The two marked >>> above are the only two forms I've ever seen or used,
>no matter what the context.
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FWIW, the concensus of the programmers here match John's choices.
They've seen the others used--one is an old Apple convention--but the
two John highlighted are the most prevalent.
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