Converts a hexadecimal number to binary.
Sample Usage
HEX2BIN(5)
HEX2BIN(C5)
Syntax
HEX2BIN(number, [places])
- number - The hexadecimal number to be converted.
- places - [OPTIONAL] The number of places in the output.
Examples
HEX2BIN(5) returns a value of 101.
HEX2BIN(5,5) returns a value of 00101.
HEX2BIN(C5) converts the decimal number contained in C5 to binary.
Notes
- If number is negative, the value of places is ignored and HEX2BIN returns a 10-character binary number.
- number cannot contain more than 10 characters.
- Hexadecimal digits are not case-sensitive.
- number can have a maximum value of 1FF if positive, and a minimum of FFFFFFFE00 if negative.
- If number is not a valid hexadecimal number, HEX2BIN returns the #NUM! error value.
- If places is not an integer, it is truncated.
- If places is non-numeric, HEX2BIN returns the #VALUE! error value.
- If places is negative, HEX2BIN returns the #NUM! error value.
- If the number of digits required is greater than the specified places, the #NUM! error is returned.