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// COMMON ENTRY POINT FOR SCRIPT, MICROSERVICE, TEST, COMPOSITION, ETC
let main arg1 arg2 arg3 =
  let srcNumberToTranslate=arg1
  let srcNumberBase:NumberBase= parseCLIOptionsForNumberBase arg2
  let targetNumberBase = parseCLIOptionsForNumberBase arg3
  // OUTER ONION TEST/PRINT
  
  dumpIt $"OUTER ONION\n Number to translate: {srcNumberToTranslate} Number Base {srcNumberBase} Base to translate to base: {targetNumberBase}" 
      
  // BUSINESS CONSISTENCY - IS DATA IN FORMAT THAT MAKES SENSE TO PROBLEM
  // USE TRIES TO HANDLE ANY ERRORS AS THE BIZ DESIRES - ERRORS ARE BIZ ISSUES, NOT CODING ONES
  // IN A LARGE MICROSERVICES ENVIRONMENT, HERE IS WHERE YOU MIGHT FORK OR JOIN DATA STREAMS IN THE OUTER OS
  // ONCE WE'RE DONE HERE, SHOULD HAVE INCOMING NUMBER IN A BIG N-LENGTH STRING IN BASE 10
  let mainNumber = try (spFoilitByScientificNotation srcNumberToTranslate)[0] with |_ -> "0"
  let exponentNumber = try (splitByScientificNotation srcNumberToTranslate)[1] with |_ -> "0"
  let exponentSign = if srcNumberToTranslate.Contains("-") then "-" else "+"
  let numberWithDecimal=makeSureStringHasDecimalOrAddAtEnd mainNumber

  // BUSINESS CONSISTENCY TESTS
  dumpIt $"BIZ CONSISTENCY\n IsScientificNotaion {(isScientificNotation srcNumberToTranslate)} Main Number {mainNumber} Exponent Number  {exponentNumber} Exponent Sign{exponentSign} NumberWithDecimal {numberWithDecimal}"

  let superHugeNumberString = moveDecimal (makeSureStringHasDecimalOrAddAtEnd mainNumber) exponentSign exponentNumber

  let exponentWalkingDirection = if superHugeNumberString.[0]='.' then -1 else 1
  let inputBase = 
    match srcNumberBase with
      |BaseInBaseTenNotation(x) -> BigInteger(x)
      |FunkyOddballBase(x) -> BigInteger(10) // NOT IMPLEMENTED
  let temporarySums =
    superHugeNumberString |> Seq.mapi(fun i x-> 
      let exponentMultiplier:bigint = 
        if exponentWalkingDirection = 1 
          then bigint (  superHugeNumberString.Length-1 - i * exponentWalkingDirection)
          else bigint ((i+1)*(-1))
      let digitValueMultiplier:bigint = BigInteger.Pow(inputBase,(int)exponentMultiplier)
      //let digitValue = BigInteger.Parse(string x)
      let digitValue=convertDigitToValue x targetNumberBase |> bigint
      let runningResult = digitValueMultiplier * digitValue
      runningResult
      )
    // ODDBALL BASES NOT CODED

  dumpIt $"Running result {temporarySums}"

  let convertedToBaseTen:bigint = temporarySums |> Seq.sum
  dumpIt $"converted to base ten bigint {convertedToBaseTen}"

  let rur=
    match targetNumberBase
      with 
        | BaseInBaseTenNotation x->convertFromBigIntegerToBaseX convertedToBaseTen x
        |_->"FUNKY BASE TYPES NOT IMPLEMENTED"
    
  rur