The initial value of *print-base* is 10.
The initial value of *print-radix* is false.
*print-base* and *print-radix* control the printing of rationals. The value of *print-base* is called the current output base .
The value of *print-base* is the radix in which the printer
will print rationals. For radices above 10, letters of
the alphabet are used to represent digits above 9.
If the value of *print-radix* is true,
the printer will print a radix specifier to indicate the radix
in which it is printing a rational number. The radix specifier
is always printed using lowercase letters. If *print-base*
is 2, 8, or 16, then the radix specifier used is #b,
#o, or #x, respectively. For integers, base ten is
indicated by a trailing decimal point instead of a leading radix
specifier; for ratios, #10r is used.
(let ((*print-base* 24.) (*print-radix* t))
(print 23.))
|> #24rN
⇒ 23
(setq *print-base* 10) ⇒ 10
(setq *print-radix* nil) ⇒ NIL
(dotimes (i 35)
(let ((*print-base* (+ i 2))) ;print the decimal number 40
(write 40) ;in each base from 2 to 36
(if (zerop (mod i 10)) (terpri) (format t " "))))
|> 101000
|> 1111 220 130 104 55 50 44 40 37 34
|> 31 2C 2A 28 26 24 22 20 1J 1I
|> 1H 1G 1F 1E 1D 1C 1B 1A 19 18
|> 17 16 15 14
⇒ NIL
(dolist (pb '(2 3 8 10 16))
(let ((*print-radix* t) ;print the integer 10 and
(*print-base* pb)) ;the ratio 1/10 in bases 2,
(format t "~&~S ~S~
|> #b1010 #b1/1010
|> #3r101 #3r1/101
|> #o12 #o1/12
|> 10. #10r1/10
|> #xA #x1/A
⇒ NIL
Might be bound by format, and write, write-to-string.
format, write; prin1; print; pprint; princ, write-to-string; prin1-to-string; princ-to-string