This tag is for challenges related to hexadecimal, or base 16, a number system that often uses the digits 0 ‐ 9 and a ‐ f. Only use this tag on challenges specific to base 16, rather than generic [base-conversion] challenges
Hexadecimal, or "base 16", is a number system that uses 16 symbols, rather than decimal's traditional 10. The most commonly used symbols are the digits 0
, 1
, 2
, 3
, 4
, 5
, 6
, 7
, 8
, 9
and letters a
, b
, c
, d
, e
, f
, however uppercase letters are also often used (A
, B
, C
, D
, E
, F
), as are, less commonly, other sets of 16 symbols.
Hexadecimal is often used to present byte values, as all numbers from \$0\$ to \$255\$ can be represented with at most 2 hexadecimal digits, and so you will often see hexadecimal on challenges related to working with bytes specifically.
This tag is often used in tandem with base-conversion