I think editors like to thrown in leading zeros. For example, you will notice that they never let you get away with saying something like .534. It has to be 0.534. Supposedly that's easier to read.
I didn't know octal was 0d. I bet they had to do that because of the other rule that you have to start with 0. 0o or 0O would be too hard to parse if they were to use o or O for octal. ;-) Priscilla At 04:40 PM 4/3/02, John Neiberger wrote: >I think the question is what does the '0' specifically refer to? We >know that 0x indicates hex, but I'm guessing he's asking why we don't >simply use x instead of 0x, or d for octal instead of 0d. > >Speaking of that, why is octal 0d? I'd think that 'd' should mean >decimal. > >John > > >>> "Persio Pucci" 4/3/02 2:16:55 PM >>> >That indicates that the notation in use is hexadecimal for the >registry >number i.e. 0x2102 set the registry bits to 10000100000010 > >Persio > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeffrey Reed" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 5:12 PM >Subject: what does 0 in 0Xnnnn mean? [7:40372] > > > > Here s a good question an intern asked me and I couldn t even >make-up an > > answer > > > > I was working with him showing how to recover a password and we were > > changing the confreg setting. He asked what the leading 0 before the >X > > represented. I m not sure any help from the group is >appreciated. > > > > Jeffrey Reed > > Classic Networking, Inc. > > Cell 717-805-5536 > > Office 717-737-8586 > > FAX 717-737-0290 ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40400&t=40372 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
