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| | *Where 'number' is the hexadecimal number to be converted, and | | *Where 'number' is the hexadecimal number to be converted, and |
| − | *'places' is the number of characters to display the output.If omitted then it use minimum number of characters.NumberPlaces is use for adding the return value with leading zero. | + | *'places' is the number of characters to display the output. |
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| | HEX2BIN() converts a hexadecimal number to its binary equivalent. | | HEX2BIN() converts a hexadecimal number to its binary equivalent. |
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| | HEX2BIN(number, places) | | HEX2BIN(number, places) |
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| − | *The 'number' should be in the range to . If it exceeds the limit, Calci gives a #NUM! error. | + | For example, |
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| | + | HEX2BIN("1EE",9) ''returns 111101110 '' |
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| | + | HEX2BIN("4F,4) ''returns 1001111'' |
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| | + | *The 'number' can be maximum of 10 characters (40 bits). If it exceeds the limit, Calci gives a #NUM! error. |
| | + | *Hexadecimal number uses numbers from 0 to 9 and characters from A to F. Hence, the number argument should be entered in quotes (e.g. "1FF"). |
| | + | *The most significant bit of the number is the sign bit and remaining bits are magnitude bits. A negative number is represented in 2's complement form. |
| | *Calci returns an #ERROR message, if the 'number' is not a valid hexadecimal number. | | *Calci returns an #ERROR message, if the 'number' is not a valid hexadecimal number. |
| | *'places' argument is used to return the output with leading zeros. If 'places' argument is not used, 'Calci' uses the minimum number of characters required to display the binary output. | | *'places' argument is used to return the output with leading zeros. If 'places' argument is not used, 'Calci' uses the minimum number of characters required to display the binary output. |
| − | *If 'places' is negative, Calci returns an error message. | + | *If 'places' is negative, Calci ignores the places and uses the minimum number of characters required to display the binary output. |
| − | *If 'places' is not an integer, Calci truncates the value and uses the integer part as input. | + | *If 'places' is not an integer, Calci rounds the value and uses the integer part as input. |
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| − | For example,
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| − | HEX2BIN() ''returns 1010''
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| − | HEX2BIN() ''returns 0001100100''
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| | HEX2BIN() ''returns 011110'' | | HEX2BIN() ''returns 011110'' |