What qualifies as a digit depends on the radix
(an integer between 2
and 36
, inclusive).
The potential digits are:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Their respective weights are 0
, 1
, 2
, ... 35
.
In any given radix n, only the first n potential digits
are considered to be digits.
For example,
the digits in radix 2
are 0
and 1
,
the digits in radix 10
are 0
through 9
, and
the digits in radix 16
are 0
through F
.
Case is not significant in digits;
for example, in radix 16
, both F
and f
are digits with weight 15
.