If you want to convert a number from Base 10 to Base 3, you can use the following, found [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2267428/3483203):
def baseN(num,b,numerals="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"): return ((num == 0) and numerals[0]) or (baseN(num // b, b, numerals).lstrip(numerals[0]) + numerals[num % b]) print(baseN(32, 3))
Output:
1012

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def baseN(num,b,numerals="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"): return ((num == 0) and numerals[0]) or (baseN(num // b, b, numerals).lstrip(numerals[0]) + numerals[num % b])
ref: [http://code.activestate.com/recipes/65212/][1]



[1]: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/65212/
Please be aware that this may lead to
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp
for very big integers.