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The hex( function converts a text item containing a hexadecimal number into a standard number (decimal).

Parameters

This function has one parameter:

value – is a text item that contains the hexadecimal number you want to convert.

Description

Converts text with hexadecimal characters into a number.

    hex("0C2") ☞ 194
    hex("100") ☞ 256

If more than 16 hexadecimal digits are supplied, the result will be a binary data value.

    hex("4142434445464748494a4b4c4d4e") ☞ ABCDEFGHIJKLMN

Note: If you want to convert hexadecimal digits to binary, a better method is probably to use the hextobinary( function. The hextobinary( function always produces a binary value, even if only one digit is supplied.

Note: This function is equivalent to:

    radix("hex",hexvalue)

See Also

- bigendianbinaryvalue( -- converts big endian binary data (a byte, word, or longword) into an unsigned number (see Binary Data).
- Binary Data -- Panorama allows a formula or procedure to work with raw binary data.
- binarydatabuild( -- builds a binary value by scanning a database and assembling individual binary values for every record (including unselected records) in the database.
- binarydatatype( -- returns information about the type of structure data contained in a binary data value, if available (see Binary Data).
- binarytotext( -- converts binary data into text, optionally using a specified encoding.
- binaryvalue( -- converts binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into a number (see Binary Data).
- byte( -- converts a number into a single byte of binary data (see Binary Data).
- bytearray( -- extracts a value from an array of bytes (see [Binary Data]).
- bytepattern( -- converts a byte count to text: 543 Bytes, 543 Kb, 123 Mb, 3.2 Gb
- chunkarray( -- extracts a binary "chunk" from binary data (see Binary Data).
- Data Arrays -- A numbered collection of data values.
- Data Dictionaries -- Overview of Panorama's key/value data dictionaries.
- hexbyte( -- converts a limited range of decimal numbers to a two-digit hexadecimal number expressed as a text string.
- hexlong( -- converts a decimal number to an eight-digit hexadecimal number expressed as a text string
- hexstr( -- converts a number to text formatted as a hexadecimal number.
- hextobinary( -- converts a sequence of hexadecimal digits into a raw binary data value.
- hexword( -- converts a decimal number to a four-digit hexadecimal number expressed as a text string.
- littleendianbinaryvalue( -- converts little endian binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into an unsigned number (see Binary Data).
- longlongword( -- converts a number into a 64 bit longword (8 bytes) of binary data (see Binary Data).
- longlongwordarray( -- extracts a value from an array of 64 bit longlongwords (see [Binary Data]).
- longword( -- converts a number into a 32 bit longword (4 bytes) of binary data (see Binary Data).
- longwordarray( -- extracts a value from an array of 32 bit longwords (see [Binary Data]).
- radix( -- converts a text item containing a number in a radix between 2 and 36 into a decimal number.
- radixstr( -- converts a number into a text item containing the equivalent number in a radix between 2 and 36.
- signedbinaryvalue( -- converts binary data (a byte, word, longword, or longlongword) into a signed number (see Binary Data).
- texttobinary( -- converts text into binary data, optionally using a specified encoding.
- word( -- converts a number into a single word (2 bytes) of binary data (see Binary Data).
- wordarray( -- extracts a value from an array of 16 bit words (see Binary Data).

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but now supports 64 bit values. If there are more than 16 digits hex supplied, the result will be a binary data value. Previous versions of Panorama would return binary data in a text value if there were more than 8 digits supplied.