Python elegant inverse function of int(string,base)

Question

python allows conversions from string to integer using any base in the range [2,36] using:

int(string,base)

im looking for an elegant inver

Answer 1

Here is a recursive function:

def encode(nIn, nBase):
   n = nIn // nBase
   s = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'[nIn % nBase]
   return encode(n, nBase) + s if n > 0 else s

n = 1577858399
s = encode(n, 36)
print(s == 'q3ezbz')