Who can explain me about why 0x1000 = 4096?

Question

Why is that 0x1000 = 4096 which is 2^12
0x0100 = 256 which is 2^8
0x0010 = 16 which is 2^4
0x0001 = 1 which is 2^0 (and obvious to me)?
I always thought it is supposed to be in : 2^3, 2^2, 2^1, 2^0 schema.
Thank you.
Gene

Answer 1

You've used some kind of bizarre adaptation of binary, and frankly, you've mangled it.
Have another go at it like this:
0x1000 = 4096 which is 16^3
0x0100 = 256  which is 16^2
0x0010 = 16   which is 16^1
0x0001 = 1    which is 16^0 Or if we were using binary...
100000 = 32 which is 2^5
010000 = 16 which is 2^4
001000 = 8  which is 2^3
000100 = 4  which is 2^2
000010 = 2  which is 2^1
000001 = 1  which is 2^0(I think, and I might be making this up, that you can denote a binary number with the prefix %... ie %100 = 4)
Cheers,
Radish21