Documentation/How Tos/Calc: DEC2HEX function

DEC2HEX

Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal.

This function is only available if the Analysis AddIn is installed.

Syntax:

DEC2HEX(number; numdigits)

returns a hexadecimal number as text, given the decimal number, which must be between -2³⁹ and 2³⁹-1 inclusive, and may be text or a number.

The output is a hexadecimal number with up to ten digits in two's complement representation.

numdigits is an optional number specifying the number of digits to return.

Example:

DEC2HEX(30)

returns 1E as text.

DEC2HEX("30")

returns 1E as text. DEC2HEX will accept a decimal number given as text.

DEC2HEX(30; 4)

returns 001E as text. Leading zeroes are added to make 4 digits.

DEC2HEX(-2)

returns FFFFFFFFFE as text.