""" Convert Base 10 (Decimal) Values to Hexadecimal Representations """
values = {
0: "0",
1: "1",
2: "2",
3: "3",
4: "4",
5: "5",
6: "6",
7: "7",
8: "8",
9: "9",
10: "a",
11: "b",
12: "c",
13: "d",
14: "e",
15: "f",
}
def decimal_to_hexadecimal(decimal):
"""
take integer decimal value, return hexadecimal representation as str beginning
with 0x
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(5)
'0x5'
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(15)
'0xf'
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(37)
'0x25'
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(255)
'0xff'
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(4096)
'0x1000'
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(999098)
'0xf3eba'
>>> # negatives work too
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(-256)
'-0x100'
>>> # floats are acceptable if equivalent to an int
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(17.0)
'0x11'
>>> # other floats will error
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(16.16) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
AssertionError
>>> # strings will error as well
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal('0xfffff') # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
AssertionError
>>> # results are the same when compared to Python's default hex function
>>> decimal_to_hexadecimal(-256) == hex(-256)
True
"""
assert type(decimal) in (int, float) and decimal == int(decimal)
hexadecimal = ""
negative = False
if decimal < 0:
negative = True
decimal *= -1
while decimal > 0:
decimal, remainder = divmod(decimal, 16)
hexadecimal = values[remainder] + hexadecimal
hexadecimal = "0x" + hexadecimal
if negative:
hexadecimal = "-" + hexadecimal
return hexadecimal
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()