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Re: Strings into numbers... whee!

• Posted by "Thomas Parslow (PatRat)" <patrat at rat-software.com> Jan 07, 2001
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> Heya all!

> Okay, heres the deal: I want to turn hex {"F", "F"} into its absolute,
> 255. I asked my dad about this, however he knows more about this
> than I do... in languages other than euphoria. I looked for this
> "hex()" command he claimed Euphoria should do that BASIC does,
> however I haven't found it.

> So, how can I do this in Euphoria?

> TIA,

> --"LEVIATHAN"

Try the value() function in get.e:

include get.e
constant HEX_STRING="FF"
sequenced ret
ret = value("#" & HEX_STRING)
--Ret now contains {0,255} The first element of the sequence is an
--error code, 0 means GET_SUCCESS and the second is the value
? ret[2]

Thomas Parslow (PatRat) ICQ #:26359483
Rat Software
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