hexidecimal {fame}R Documentation

Hexidecimal conversions

Description

Convert numeric vectors to hexidecimal strings and vice versa.

Usage

hexidecimal(dec)
hex2numeric(hex)

Arguments

dec numeric vector
hex character vector of hexidecimal strings

Details

Hexidecimals are base 16 numbers with digits represented by the characters '0123456789abcdef'. hex2numeric("1df"), for example, is 479 (256 + 13*16 + 15).

Hex numbers are often used to represent bits in a byte, since '9F' takes up less space than '10011111'. TCP/IP port numbers are also often represented in hex.

Value

hexidecimal returns a character object like dec.
hex2numeric returns a numeric object like hex.

Author(s)

Jeff Hallman


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