>>I would like to know if somebody knows a algorithm that does the following.
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>>given: hex_string="0462E62fcf"
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>There is some built-in conversion, which I don't remember now. Transform can convert the other way.
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>If you want to do the conversion yourself, multiply the rightmost digit by 1, the second from the right by 16, the third from the right by 16^2, etc.
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>Shortcut, without powers: Multiply the first digit by 16, add the next digit, multiply the result by 16 again, add the next digit, etc.
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>Don't forget that A = 10, B = 11, ... F = 15.
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>HTH, Hilmar.

sorry I send this message by mistake. the rest of the conditions (like no vars greater than 65536 can be used) are in the other message I wrote.