Convert number from one base to other

[ns]

Thank you
SK

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> "ns" <ns at dummy.com> wrote in message news:f639ka$2nhc$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Can some one please tell me if it is possible to convert a number from 
>> one base to another arbitrary base.
> 
> Yes.  Any Turing complete language, of which D is an example, can be 
> used to implement an algorithm to do this.
> 
>> Is there any language construct or library function ?
> <snip>
> 
> std.string.toString(long value, uint radix) converts a number to any 
> base between 2 and 36.  There doesn't seem to be a function in Phobos to 
> convert _from_ an arbitrary base - don't ask me why.  But it shouldn't 
> be difficult to write a function to do this.
> 
> Stewart.