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How to Convert a Hex String to Char

Keywords: 	 hex decimal ascii num2char

Question:

ex: x'41' = "A"

Answer:

origstring="x'4a'"
hexstring=origstring
;remove x's and single quotes
hexstring=StrReplace(hexstring,"x","")
hexstring=StrReplace(hexstring,"'","")
;force to two digits
hexstring=strfix(hexstring,"0",2)
h1=strsub(hexstring,1,1)
h2=strsub(hexstring,2,1)
h1=StrIndexnc("123456789abcdef",h1,0,@fwdscan)
h2=StrIndexnc("123456789abcdef",h2,0,@fwdscan)
DaNum=h1*16+h2
DaChar=Num2Char(DaNum)
Message(origstring,DaChar)

AddExtender("wilx34i.dll")
origstring="x'4a'"
hexstring=origstring
;remove x's and single quotes
hexstring=StrReplace(hexstring,"x","")
hexstring=StrReplace(hexstring,"'","")
DaNum=xhex(hexstring)
DaChar=Num2Char(DaNum)
Message(origstring,DaChar)

Article ID:   W14658

Filename:   How to Convert a Hex String to Char.txt

File Created: 2001:01:24:16:14:38

Last Updated: 2001:01:24:16:14:38