Consolidating UI updates for user edits to speed thigns up

[gonvert] / src / converters.py

diff --git a/src/converters.py b/src/converters.py
index d53c768..219df1d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/converters.py
+++ b/src/converters.py
@@ -268,13 +268,15 @@ class function(object):
        #value is assumed to be a string
        #convert from a defined function to base
        def to_base(self, value, (to_base, from_base)):
+               leftOfX, rightOfX = to_base.split("x", 1)
                y = 0 # "undefined" y was driving me nuts
-               exec "y="+to_base[:to_base.find('x')]+str(value)+to_base[to_base.find('x')+1:]
+               exec "y=" + leftOfX + str(value) + rightOfX
                return y
 
        def from_base(self, value, (to_base, from_base)):
+               leftOfX, rightOfX = from_base.split("x", 1)
                y = 0 # "undefined" y was driving me nuts
-               exec "y="+from_base[:from_base.find('x')]+str(value)+from_base[from_base.find('x')+1:]
+               exec "y=" + leftOfX + str(value) + rightOfX
                return y