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<h3 class="section">22.6 Numbers</h3>
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<p>You can always enter numbers in octal, decimal, or hexadecimal in
<small>GDB</small> by the usual conventions: octal numbers begin with
‘<samp>0</samp>’, decimal numbers end with ‘<samp>.</samp>’, and hexadecimal numbers
begin with ‘<samp>0x</samp>’. Numbers that neither begin with ‘<samp>0</samp>’ or
‘<samp>0x</samp>’, nor end with a ‘<samp>.</samp>’ are, by default, entered in base
10; likewise, the default display for numbers—when no particular
format is specified—is base 10. You can change the default base for
both input and output with the commands described below.
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<dd><a name="index-set-input_002dradix"></a>
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<dt><code>set input-radix <var>base</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Set the default base for numeric input. Supported choices
for <var>base</var> are decimal 8, 10, or 16. The base must itself be
specified either unambiguously or using the current input radix; for
example, any of
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<pre class="smallexample">set input-radix 012
set input-radix 10.
set input-radix 0xa
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<p>sets the input base to decimal. On the other hand, ‘<samp>set input-radix 10</samp>’
leaves the input radix unchanged, no matter what it was, since
‘<samp>10</samp>’, being without any leading or trailing signs of its base, is
interpreted in the current radix. Thus, if the current radix is 16,
‘<samp>10</samp>’ is interpreted in hex, i.e. as 16 decimal, which doesn’t
change the radix.
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</dd>
<dt><code>set output-radix <var>base</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Set the default base for numeric display. Supported choices
for <var>base</var> are decimal 8, 10, or 16. The base must itself be
specified either unambiguously or using the current input radix.
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<dt><code>show input-radix</code></dt>
<dd><p>Display the current default base for numeric input.
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<dt><code>show output-radix</code></dt>
<dd><p>Display the current default base for numeric display.
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<dt><code>set radix <span class="roman">[</span><var>base</var><span class="roman">]</span></code></dt>
<dt><code>show radix</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-set-radix"></a>
<a name="index-show-radix"></a>
<p>These commands set and show the default base for both input and output
of numbers. <code>set radix</code> sets the radix of input and output to
the same base; without an argument, it resets the radix back to its
default value of 10.
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