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Hexadecimal and Octal integers in python

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To specify an octal digit, precede the octal value with a zero, and then a lower or uppercase 'o'. For example, to set the variable 'a' to the octal value '10' (8 in decimal), type:

>>> a = 0o10
>>> a
8
Hexadecimal is just as easy. Simply precede the hexadecimal number with a zero, and then a lower or uppercase 'x'. Hexadecimal digits can be specified in lower or uppercase. For example, in the Python interpreter:

>>> a = 0xa5
>>> a
165
>>> b = 0XB2
>>> b
178