# IntList2Base.py

# IntList2Base.py

def IntList2Base(num, base=5): # because int(str,base) only reads one byte at a time
    def bbb(num, base, i=1):
        q=num/base
        r=num%base
        if (q == 0):
            return (str(r), i)
        else:
            s,i = bbb(q, base)
            return (s + str(r), i+1)
    s,i = bbb(num,base)
    return s + '0'*(len(str(base*num/9))-len(s)-1) # ??? had to fix this line vs original copy

theList = [0,11,100,782,1000,1222] # the list of numbers you want converted to base b

print theList
print [IntList2Base(x,5) for x in theList]

print [IntList2Base(x,99) for x in theList]

['0', '11', '110', '735', '1010', '1234']