Question Hexadecimal vs integers

[Badger101]

So I have a question if I'm making a project with a lot of integer variable,s is it better to write int num = 6; or int num = 0x0006
Is there a performance different between the two will it run faster with hexadecimal,s or slower?

 

[JohnH]

It is not "vs", it just a coding notation, both decimal and hexadecimal (and binary) notation is translated to same int number by compiler. You can see that in your code also, it is just an int variable in all cases:

var i1 = 1;
var i2 = 0x1;
var i3 = 0b1;

 

[Badger101]

It is not "vs", it just a coding notation, both decimal and hexadecimal (and binary) notation is translated to same int number by compiler. You can see that in your code also, it is just an int variable in all cases:

var i1 = 1;
var i2 = 0x1;
var i3 = 0b1;

Thanks I wasn't sure if there was a difference between them

 

[jmcilhinney]

It's a case of hexadecimal vs decimal, not hexadecimal vs integer. As suggested, hexadecimal and decimal are just ways of displaying integers with different bases: 16 or 10.

In the vast majority of cases, you'll use decimal. Hexadecimal is most often used for constants for API calls. If you have a situation where hexadecimal notation adds clarity then use hexadecimal, but such cases will be rare.