Available on: all targets
Alias: $$

HEX

The HEX statement is used to convert a decimal number to a hexadecimal number. Hexadecimal, or base 16, is a numbering system that uses 16 digits (0 through 9 and the letters A through F) to represent numbers.

This system is widely used in computing, especially to represent memory addresses, colors, and character codes. Moreover, it is a concise way of representing binary numbers, which are the basis of how computers work, and bit-level operations are often easier to display and manipulate in hexadecimal.

The expression is the value you want to convert to hexadecimal, and it must be an integer value. The HEX statement will return a string representing the hexadecimal value corresponding to the input number. The length of the returned string depends on the size (in bytes) of expression.

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SYNTAX

 = HEX(expression)


Legend
  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 x = HEX( 42 )
 PRINT HEX( y )


ABBREVIATION: Hx

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In order to reduce space you can use this abbreviation for this instruction: 

HEX ↔ Hx

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