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| ANSI Common Lisp 22 Printer 22.4 Dictionary of Printer
22.4.17 *print-base*, *print-radix* | Variable
  Value Type: *print-base* - a radix. *print-radix* - a generalized boolean. Initial Value: The initial value of *print-base* is `10`. The initial value of *print-radix* is false. Description: *print-base* and *print-radix* control the printing of rationals. The value of *print-base* is called the current output base. The value of *print-base* is the radix in which the printer will print rationals. For radices above `10`, letters of the alphabet are used to represent digits above `9`. If the value of *print-radix* is true, the printer will print a radix specifier to indicate the radix in which it is printing a rational number. The radix specifier is always printed using lowercase letters. If *print-base* is `2`, `8`, or `16`, then the radix specifier used is `#b`, `#o`, or `#x`, respectively. For integers, base ten is indicated by a trailing decimal point instead of a leading radix specifier; for ratios, `#10r` is used. Examples:
       (let ((*print-base* 24.) (*print-radix* t))
         (print 23.))
      #24rN
       23
       (setq *print-base* 10)  10
       (setq *print-radix* nil)   NIL
       (dotimes (i 35)
          (let ((*print-base* (+ i 2)))           ;print the decimal number 40
            (write 40)                            ;in each base from 2 to 36
            (if (zerop (mod i 10)) (terpri) (format t " "))))
      101000
      1111 220 130 104 55 50 44 40 37 34
      31 2C 2A 28 26 24 22 20 1J 1I
      1H 1G 1F 1E 1D 1C 1B 1A 19 18
      17 16 15 14
        NIL
       (dolist (pb '(2 3 8 10 16))
          (let ((*print-radix* t)                 ;print the integer 10 and
                (*print-base* pb))                ;the ratio 1/10 in bases 2,
           (format t "~&~S  ~S~%" 10 1/10)))        ;3, 8, 10, 16
      #b1010  #b1/1010
      #3r101  #3r1/101
      #o12  #o1/12
      10.  #10r1/10
      #xA  #x1/A
        NIL
Affected By: Might be bound by format, and write, write-to-string. See Also: format, write, write-to-string Allegro CL Implementation Details: None.

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