HEX

Use the HEX script function to convert a string to a hexadecimal form. Each individual character of the string can be converted according to the hexadecimal character set. The script function returns a string with a maximum of 256 characters in hexadecimal form.

Syntax

HEX (string)

Parameters

• HEX
  Converts a string to hexadecimal format

• string
  Alphanumeric character string
  Format: script literal or script variable
  Maximum characters: 128
  Important! If you specify a string that is longer than 128 characters, the string is truncated to 128 characters without an error message.
  

Example

The following example converts a string into hexadecimal form, and prints the result (554334) in the activation report of the job.

:SET &RET#=HEX("UC4")
:PRINT &RET#

The output in the activation report would look like this:

2018-03-20 15:14:06 - U00020408 554334

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