Hex2Dec() »»» Converting hex numbers to decimal system

[AND51]

Hello!

I've just finished my Hex2Dec() function.

• My function is case-in-sensitive, you can give it any string you want. It examines the hex-string from behind and stops, when detecting an invalid character. So you can even give my function strings like "$123" or "0xFF". It's able to work with very high hex-numbers which are returned by HexQ().

Here's the code:

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Procedure.q Hex2Dec(Hex.s)
	Protected result.q, n, temp, pow.q=1
	hex=UCase(hex)
	For n=MemoryStringLength(@Hex)-1 To 0 Step -1
		temp=PeekC(@Hex+n*SizeOf(Character))-48
		If temp >= 17 And temp <= 22
			temp-7
		ElseIf temp < 0 Or temp > 9
			Break
		EndIf
		result+temp*pow
		pow*16
	Next
	ProcedureReturn result
EndProcedure


Debug $Affe123
Debug Hex2Dec("$Affe123")

Any other solutions/procedures are welcome! So if you want to start a kind of competition... Feel free to post any comments.

[Trond]

This is longer and not as bullet-proof, but it's also about twice as fast:

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Procedure.q Hex2Dec2(Hex.s)
  Protected Result.q
  Protected Char.l
  Ptr = @Hex
  Char = PeekC(Ptr) - '0'
  If Char = '$' - '0'
    Ptr + SizeOf(Character)
  EndIf
  If Char = '0' - '0'
    Ptr + SizeOf(Character)
  EndIf
  If Char = 'x' - '0'
    Ptr + SizeOf(Character)
  EndIf
  While Char <> -'0'
    Ptr + SizeOf(Character)
    If Char >= ('A' - '0')
      If Char >= ('a' - '0')
        Char - ('a' - $A - '0')
      Else
        Char - ('A' - $A - '0')
      EndIf
    EndIf
    Result = Result << 4 + Char
    Char = PeekC(Ptr) - '0'
  Wend
  ProcedureReturn Result
EndProcedure

[blueznl]

universal converter, dunno if i already posted it before, 3.94 though!

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Procedure.l x_val(string.s)                                          ; string to val, recognizes hex dec bin oct
  Global x_val_type.l
  Protected p.l, l.l, b.l, t.l, c.l, s.l, m.l, p0.l
  ;
  ; *** as normal val() except it accepts also &H &O &0 &B % \ $ 0X
  ;
  string = UCase(Trim(string))
  l = Len(string)
  p = @string
  p0 = p
  s = PeekB(p) & $FF
  t = 0
  ;
  If s = '-'
    m = -1
    p = p+1
    s = PeekB(p) & $FF
  Else
    m = 1
    If s = '+'
      p = p+1
      s = PeekB(p) & $FF
    EndIf
  EndIf
  ;
  If s = '$'
    p = p+1
    b = 16
  ElseIf s = '%'
    p = p+1
    b = 2
  ElseIf s = '\'
    p = p+1
    b = 8
  ElseIf Left(string,2) = "&B"
    p = p+2
    b = 2
  ElseIf Left(string,2) = "&O"
    p = p+2
    b = 8
  ElseIf Left(string,2) = "&0"
    p = p+2
    b = 8
  ElseIf Left(string,2) = "&H"
    p = p+2
    b = 16
  ElseIf Left(string,2) = "0X"
    p = p+2
    b = 16
    ;
    ; ElseIf Left(string,1) = "0"           ; i don't like this one, as i often use
    ;    p = p+1                            ; preceding zeroes in front of decimals while
    ;    b = 8                              ; c(++) would turn those into octals... brrr...
    ;                                       ; well, it's up to you to uncomment these lines
  Else
    b = 10
  EndIf
  ;
  While p < p0+l
    c = (PeekB(p) & $FF) - 48
    p = p+1
    If c > 9
      c = c - 7
    EndIf
    If c >= 0 And c < b
      t = t*b+c
    Else
      p = p+l
    EndIf
  Wend
  t = t * m
  x_val_type = b
  ;
  ProcedureReturn t
EndProcedure

[AND51]

Thank you for sharing your code!

[PB]

Here's mine from 2003: http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=7647

@Fred/Freak: Can we really have this as a native command one day, please?

[AND51]

Why one day?
I don't want to be cheeky, but we already delivered the code. Somebody must simply optimized the code and put it into ASM, so that it can be included into PureBasic.

You already wrote that procedure in 2003? Well, what happened in the last 4 years, that this command has not been included yet?

[PB]

> Why one day?

Because there is a native command called Hex() which converts a decimal
value to hex, so it's only natural that an opposite command should exist to
convert the other way, instead of having to write procedures or use libs.
It's a command that is very important and used quite often, and it's very
annoying to have to paste a procedure in every time I start a new app.

> what happened in the last 4 years, that this command has not been
> included yet?

Exactly what I would like to know.

[DoubleDutch]

Or a Base command to convert from any base to any base...

eg:

string1$=Base(string2$,base2[,base1=10])

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Procedure.s Base(string$,base,base2=10)
	Static table$="0123456789abcdef"
	If base>1 And base<17 And base2>1 And base2<17
		If base=base2
			result$=string$
		Else
			If base>10
				string$=LCase(string$)
			EndIf
			For loop=1 To Len(string$)
				digit=FindString(table$,Mid(string$,loop,1),1)
				If digit
					number.q*base
					number+(digit-1)
				EndIf
			Next
			If base2=10
				result$=StrQ(number)
			Else
				Repeat
					remainder=number%base2
					number=number/base2
					result$=Mid(table$,remainder+1,1)+result$
				Until number=0
			EndIf
		EndIf
	EndIf
	ProcedureReturn result$
EndProcedure

Debug Base("A",16)
Debug Base("1010",2)
Debug Base("0101",2)
Debug Base("F",16)
Debug Base("10",10,16)
Debug Base("1010",2,16)
Debug Base("0101",2,16)
Debug Base("256",10,16)

[Azul]

Just my simple code

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Procedure hex2dec(hex$)
ProcedureReturn Val("$"+hex$)
EndProcedure

Debug hex2dec("A")

[Kaeru Gaman]

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 19#p304419