ACF Library

Dec2Hex

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Description: Convert from Decimal to Hex value

FileMaker Prototype:

Set Variable [$res; ACF_Run("Dec2Hex"; long_dec;  int_digits)]

Category: UTILITY

Function source:

function Dec2Hex (long dec, int digits)
   if ( digits == 0 ) then // Free format
      return format ( "%x", dec); 
   end if
   return format ("%0" + digits + "x", dec); // Leading zero fixed format.
end

The Dec2Hex Function converts a numeric value to its Hex representation. If digits are 0, it gives as many hex digits as needed. If digits is non-zero, the result will be zero-padded

Example

Set Variable [$res; ACF_Run("Dec2Hex"; 300;  4)]
Gives the result "012c"
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