""" Convert numbers from base 10 integers to base X strings and back again. Original: http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1431/ Sample usage: >>> base20 = BaseConverter('0123456789abcdefghij') >>> base20.from_decimal(1234) '31e' >>> base20.to_decimal('31e') 1234 """ class BaseConverter(object): decode_mapping = {} def __init__(self, digits): self.digits = digits self.length = len(digits) def from_decimal(self, i): if i < 0: i, neg = -i, 1 else: neg = 0 enc = '' while i >= self.length: i, mod = divmod(i, self.length) enc = self.digits[mod] + enc enc = self.digits[i] + enc if neg: enc = '-' + enc return enc def to_decimal(self, s): if self.decode_mapping: new = '' for digit in s: if digit in self.decode_mapping: new += self.decode_mapping[digit] else: new += digit s = new if str(s)[0] == '-': s, neg = str(s)[1:], 1 else: neg = 0 decoded = 0 multi = 1 while len(s) > 0: decoded += multi * self.digits.index(s[-1:]) multi = multi * self.length s = s[:-1] if neg: decoded = -decoded return decoded bin = BaseConverter('01') hexconv = BaseConverter('0123456789ABCDEF') base62 = BaseConverter( 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' ) class Base32Converter(BaseConverter): """ http://www.crockford.com/wrmg/base32.html """ decode_mapping = { 'o': '0', 'i': '1', 'l': '1', } def __init__(self): super(Base32Converter, self).__init__('0123456789abcdefghjkmnpqrstvwxyz') def to_decimal(self, s): return super(Base32Converter, self).to_decimal(s.lower()) base32 = Base32Converter() if __name__ == '__main__': import doctest doctest.testmod()