def toDecimal(n, base=2): """Convert integers from any base to dec""" rawr, p, converted, answer, m = [], 0, 0, 0, 0 if not n: print "no arguments given" if (type(n) != int): print "can't convert non integers dumbass" if (base is 16 or 8): working = str(n)[::-1] limit = len(working) while not converted: while (p < limit): workingint = int(working[p]) workingint = workingint*base**p rawr.append(workingint) p = p + 1 for i in rawr: m = (i+answer) answer = m converted = 1 print answer if (base is 2): passtoDecimal(2345, 8)