ugBASIC User Manual

   = HEX(expression)

The HEX statement is used to convert a decimal number to a hexadecimal number. Hexadecimal, or base 16, is a numbering system that uses 16 digits (0 through 9 and the letters A through F) to represent numbers.

This system is widely used in computing, especially to represent memory addresses, colors, and character codes. Moreover, it is a concise way of representing binary numbers, which are the basis of how computers work, and bit-level operations are often easier to display and manipulate in hexadecimal.

The expression is the value you want to convert to hexadecimal, and it must be an integer value. The HEX statement will return a string representing the hexadecimal value corresponding to the input number. The length of the returned string depends on the size (in bytes) of expression.

  x = HEX( 42 )
  PRINT HEX( y )

 Hx

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• Atari XL/XE
• Commodore 128 (MOS 8502)
• Commodore 128 (Zilog Z80)
• Commodore 64
• Commodore 64+REU
• TRS-80 Color Computer
• TRS-80 Color Computer 3
• ColecoVision
• Amstrad CPC 664
• Dragon 32
• Dragon 64
• Thomson MO5
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• Commodore PLUS/4
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• Commodore VIC-20
• ZX Spectrum 48

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