That will only work with 1,2,4 or 8 bytes though correct?

>

CTOBIN(retval + CHR(0),"4S") = 0x4A6F6500

>
>>Operator/Operand mismatch on my code.
>>
>>If retval="Joe" it should equal 0x4A6F65 not "0x004A6F65".
>>
>>? TRANSFORM("Joe", "@0") displays "Joe" not 0x4A6F65.
>>
>>
>>>Your code should work. What seems to be a problem? You can try

IF TRANSFORM(retval, "@0") = "4A6F65"
>>>* or
>>>retval = "0x004A6F65"
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>>Is there any way I can do a comparison from char to hex?
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>retval=FREAD(f,3)
>>>>if retval=0x4A6F65
>>>>  do something
>>>>endif
>>>>