HEX2OCT
Syntax:
HEX2OCT ( number [ , num-oct-digits ] )
Description: Makes the octal equivalent of number, with the result having num-oct-digits digits.
Arguments:
Name |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
number |
text |
A 10-digit hexadecimal number in a string that is to be converted to an octal string. number is not case-sensitive. If number has less than 10 digits, leading zero digits are implied until it has exactly 10 digits. The 10 digits use twos-complement representation with the left-most bit (40th bit from the right) representing the sign bit. |
num-oct-digits |
number |
The number of digits in the result, with leading zeros added as necessary. However, if number is negative, num-oct-digits is ignored and the result has 10 digits. If num-oct-digits is omitted, the minimum number of digits is used in the result. num-oct-digits is truncated to an integer. |
Return Type and Value: text – The octal equivalent of number.
However, if
number is outside the range
"FFE0000000"
(17774000000000 octal, -536,870,912 decimal) to"1FFFFFFF"
(00003777777777 octal, 536,870,911 decimal), inclusive,#NUM!
is returned.number contains one or more non-hexadecimal digits,
#NUM!
is returned.number contains more than 10 hexadecimal digits,
#NUM!
is returned.number needs more digits that num-oct-digits,
#NUM!
is returned.num-oct-digits is negative or > 10,
#NUM!
is returned.