<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="guide" id="base"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#number"/> </info> <title>Number Bases</title> <p> To enter numbers in a particular number base use <link xref="superscript">subscript numbers</link>. The following numbers are equivalent. </p> <example> <p> 1001011₂ </p> <p> 113₈ </p> <p> 75 </p> <p> 4B₁₆ </p> </example> <p> When in <link xref="mouse">programming mode</link> there are buttons for binary (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq>), octal (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>) and hexadecimal (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>). </p> <p> To set the base that results are shown in change the <link xref="number-display">result format</link>. </p> <p> To change the base of the current result use a base button or <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>D</key></keyseq> to show in decimal form. </p> </page>