Converting number base

Question

Is there a platform function that will do the following?

convertBase :: (Num a, Num b) => Int -> Int -> [a] -> [b]

Convert a number

Answer 1

Couple of ideas:

• use showIntAtBase or Text.printf to convert to a string, and convert back to a different base
• write it yourself -- easier when one base is always a multiple of the other

Here is a link that might help you: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Non-decimal_radices/Convert#Haskell -- Non-decimal radices/Convert