Basic Challenge

[mutinus]

What is 28679718602997181072337614380936720482949 written in base 7?

I have converted this number from base 10 to base 7 with two different converters, and both gave me the same number. However, when I put the number in, it's wrong. Is there some trick to this one?

[odi84]

hi,

most of the converters won't be able to calculate with very large numbers.
it depends of the used data-type (in the used programing language) processing your input.

i think you have to write your own converter program ... or calculate this manually

[m!nus]

php has no problems with it

[mutinus]

Thanks, guys, I got it.

[soulness]

Thanks, guys))

[A.Polke]

or, in case you'd like the shimmer of perl:

use bignum;

[JensK]

i tryed php but the calculate number isn't the right one.
i read also that base_convert only works fine up to 36 digits, but this number asked for is more than 36 digits

[thinkt4nk]

thx for the bignum help, Polke. I don't think I've ever had to use that before now.


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