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Convert Octal to Decimal

Convert signed integers between binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal. Convert Octal (base 8) to Decimal (base 10). Find the formula, worked examples, unit definitions, and practical guidance below.

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Arbitrary-precision integers preserve all digits within the 4096-character input limit. Fractions, exponent notation, prefixes such as 0x, and two’s-complement bit patterns are not accepted. Negative integers keep a minus sign.

How to convert octal to decimal

Arbitrary-precision integers preserve all digits within the 4096-character input limit. Fractions, exponent notation, prefixes such as 0x, and two’s-complement bit patterns are not accepted. Negative integers keep a minus sign.

Worked examples

Read each digit as a coefficient of a power of 8, then express the integer using powers of 10. Repeated division by 10 yields the target digits from right to left.

  • 52 (base 8) = 42 (base 10)
  • 377 (base 8) = 255 (base 10)

About Octal

Octal uses base 8. Its place values are powers of 8; the same integer is represented by a different sequence of digits in another base.

About Decimal

Decimal uses base 10. Its place values are powers of 10; the same integer is represented by a different sequence of digits in another base.

Definitions and sources

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