RE: Hex to string and vice versa

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David wrote:

> I want to read a string from file, the string 
> can contain only these characters: 
> "0123456789ABCDEF". I want to treat 
> this string as hex number, add to it another 
> hex number and write this number as 
> string to file (I want to read this later in 
> CL program as string value).

I have had a need to do similar tasks in the past (I deal with telephone
switch data a lot).  I'm not certain I understand your question properly.
When you say that you want to convert a string to its hex value, do you
mean: x'F1F2F3' becomes 123 or 15856371?  

Also, I've rarely encountered a business reason to do the math in hex.  I
usually convert to decimal (15856371) and then work with it that way.  If I
need to print it out, I'll convert it into character form: x'C6F1C6F2C6F3'
to print a legible "dump."  What sort of requirement do you have that forces
you to do all the work in hex?  

Please forgive me if I misunderstand!

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"We are what we repeatedly do.
 Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle


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