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71<h3 class="section">22.6 Numbers</h3>
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75<p>You can always enter numbers in octal, decimal, or hexadecimal in
76<small>GDB</small> by the usual conventions: octal numbers begin with
77&lsquo;<samp>0</samp>&rsquo;, decimal numbers end with &lsquo;<samp>.</samp>&rsquo;, and hexadecimal numbers
78begin with &lsquo;<samp>0x</samp>&rsquo;.  Numbers that neither begin with &lsquo;<samp>0</samp>&rsquo; or
79&lsquo;<samp>0x</samp>&rsquo;, nor end with a &lsquo;<samp>.</samp>&rsquo; are, by default, entered in base
8010; likewise, the default display for numbers&mdash;when no particular
81format is specified&mdash;is base 10.  You can change the default base for
82both input and output with the commands described below.
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85<dd><a name="index-set-input_002dradix"></a>
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87<dt><code>set input-radix <var>base</var></code></dt>
88<dd><p>Set the default base for numeric input.  Supported choices
89for <var>base</var> are decimal 8, 10, or 16.  The base must itself be
90specified either unambiguously or using the current input radix; for
91example, any of
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94<pre class="smallexample">set input-radix 012
95set input-radix 10.
96set input-radix 0xa
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99<p>sets the input base to decimal.  On the other hand, &lsquo;<samp>set input-radix 10</samp>&rsquo;
100leaves the input radix unchanged, no matter what it was, since
101&lsquo;<samp>10</samp>&rsquo;, being without any leading or trailing signs of its base, is
102interpreted in the current radix.  Thus, if the current radix is 16,
103&lsquo;<samp>10</samp>&rsquo; is interpreted in hex, i.e. as 16 decimal, which doesn&rsquo;t
104change the radix.
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108<dt><code>set output-radix <var>base</var></code></dt>
109<dd><p>Set the default base for numeric display.  Supported choices
110for <var>base</var> are decimal 8, 10, or 16.  The base must itself be
111specified either unambiguously or using the current input radix.
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115<dt><code>show input-radix</code></dt>
116<dd><p>Display the current default base for numeric input.
117</p>
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119</dd>
120<dt><code>show output-radix</code></dt>
121<dd><p>Display the current default base for numeric display.
122</p>
123</dd>
124<dt><code>set radix <span class="roman">[</span><var>base</var><span class="roman">]</span></code></dt>
125<dt><code>show radix</code></dt>
126<dd><a name="index-set-radix"></a>
127<a name="index-show-radix"></a>
128<p>These commands set and show the default base for both input and output
129of numbers.  <code>set radix</code> sets the radix of input and output to
130the same base; without an argument, it resets the radix back to its
131default value of 10.
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