[Request / Idea] Custom Base Object

This isn't really really important, but it's a nice idea, and seems fairly simple, so I thought I'd mention it if any coders out there were looking for a simple idea they could implement.


The object's purpose is to convert numbers from one base to another. But it's not like Base Converter. It can actually be used to create your own number systems (making a more byte-efficient system than decimal or Hex, but without the ASCII conflicts you get using binary numbers).

The object contains an array called the Character List Array.

This is a text array (0-based) containing the textual representation of every digit in the number system. So for decimal, it would contain the ASCII codes for numbers 0 thru 9. For Hex, it would also contain A thru F.

The ID of each element corresponds with the value of that digit (so 9 will be in element number nine, F will be in element number fifteen).

This array can be altered by the user, so he could add, remove or replace characters. So I might change 'F' to 'G', so 255 becomes GG instead of FF.

Or I might add G to the end, so I now have a base 17 number system rather than base 16 (so 255 is now 'F0' instead of 'FF').

Since you can choose exactly which characters are used by the system, not only can you have more than 16 (so it's more efficient than hex), but you can also choose not to include certain control characters. So if you're using a comma to separate your data, you could design a number system that uses all letters of the alphabet, upper and lowercase, all numbers and all special characters except for the comma. That way you could have a number system which goes all the way up over a hundred before it breaks into double figures - and still not mess up your delimited list.

The result is a number system that can hold a value of about 2,136,750,625 in just four digits, LOL.

Try using "Sphax Formatted object". With it you'll be able to convert any base in any base. I'll maybe add the possibility to set the characters set in the futur.

If you are clever PackX can do this. But I haven't (and won't) convert it to MMF2.