How to convert an integer to a string in any base?

Question

Python allows easy creation of an integer from a string of a given base via

int(str, base). 

I want to perform the inverse: creati

Answer 1

Recursive

I would simplify the most voted answer to:

BS="0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
def to_base(n, b): 
    return "0" if not n else to_base(n//b, b).lstrip("0") + BS[n%b]

With the same advice for RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp on very large integers and negative numbers. (You could usesys.setrecursionlimit(new_limit))

Iterative

To avoid recursion problems:

BS="0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
def to_base(s, b):
    res = ""
    while s:
        res+=BS[s%b]
        s//= b
    return res[::-1] or "0"

Answer 2

A recursive solution for those interested. Of course, this will not work with negative binary values. You would need to implement Two's Complement.

def generateBase36Alphabet():
    return ''.join([str(i) for i in range(10)]+[chr(i+65) for i in range(26)])

def generateAlphabet(base):
    return generateBase36Alphabet()[:base]

def intToStr(n, base, alphabet):
    def toStr(n, base, alphabet):
        return alphabet[n] if n < base else toStr(n//base,base,alphabet) + alphabet[n%base]
    return ('-' if n < 0 else '') + toStr(abs(n), base, alphabet)

print('{} -> {}'.format(-31, intToStr(-31, 16, generateAlphabet(16)))) # -31 -> -1F

Answer 3

def base_conversion(num, base):
    digits = []
    while num > 0:
        num, remainder = divmod(num, base)
        digits.append(remainder)
    return digits[::-1]

Answer 4

>>> import string
>>> def int2base(integer, base):
        if not integer: return '0'
        sign = 1 if integer > 0 else -1
        alphanum = string.digits + string.ascii_lowercase
        nums = alphanum[:base]
        res = ''
        integer *= sign
        while integer:
                integer, mod = divmod(integer, base)
                res += nums[mod]
        return ('' if sign == 1 else '-') + res[::-1]


>>> int2base(-15645, 23)
'-16d5'
>>> int2base(213, 21)
'a3'

Answer 5

def dec_to_radix(input, to_radix=2, power=None):
    if not isinstance(input, int):
        raise TypeError('Not an integer!')
    elif power is None:
        power = 1

    if input == 0:
        return 0
    else:
        remainder = input % to_radix**power
        digit = str(int(remainder/to_radix**(power-1)))
        return int(str(dec_to_radix(input-remainder, to_radix, power+1)) + digit)

def radix_to_dec(input, from_radix):
    if not isinstance(input, int):
        raise TypeError('Not an integer!')
    return sum(int(digit)*(from_radix**power) for power, digit in enumerate(str(input)[::-1]))

def radix_to_radix(input, from_radix=10, to_radix=2, power=None):
    dec = radix_to_dec(input, from_radix)
    return dec_to_radix(dec, to_radix, power)

Answer 6

Here is a recursive version that handles signed integers and custom digits.

import string

def base_convert(x, base, digits=None):
    """Convert integer `x` from base 10 to base `base` using `digits` characters as digits.
    If `digits` is omitted, it will use decimal digits + lowercase letters + uppercase letters.
    """
    digits = digits or (string.digits + string.ascii_letters)
    assert 2 <= base <= len(digits), "Unsupported base: {}".format(base)
    if x == 0:
        return digits[0]
    sign = '-' if x < 0 else ''
    x = abs(x)
    first_digits = base_convert(x // base, base, digits).lstrip(digits[0])
    return sign + first_digits + digits[x % base]