# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 999970972 0
# Node ID 634358ff84a43031e7c62de71e963368ea0e51d2
# Parent  f56fa34012c09ac51365f3e4162520ae38407f57
(Integer Basics): Document CL style read syntax for
integers in bases other than 10.

diff -r f56fa34012c0 -r 634358ff84a4 lispref/numbers.texi
--- a/lispref/numbers.texi	Sat Sep 08 17:42:16 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/numbers.texi	Sat Sep 08 17:42:52 2001 +0000
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@
 -0               ; @r{The integer 0.}
 @end example
 
+@cindex integers in specific radix
+@cindex radix for reading an integer
+@cindex base for reading an integer
+  In addition, the Lisp reader recognizes a syntax for integers in
+bases other than 10: @samp{#B@var{integer}} reads @var{integer} in
+binary (radix 2), @samp{#O@var{integer}} reads @var{integer} in octal
+(radix 8), @samp{#X@var{integer}} reads @var{integer} in hexadecimal
+(radix 16), and @samp{#@var{radix}r@var{integer}} reads @var{integer}
+in radix @var{radix} (where @var{radix} is between 2 and 36,
+inclusivley).  Case is not significant for the letter after @samp{#}
+(@samp{B}, @samp{O}, etc.) that denotes the radix.
+
   To understand how various functions work on integers, especially the
 bitwise operators (@pxref{Bitwise Operations}), it is often helpful to
 view the numbers in their binary form.