HEX2OCT function
Summary
Converts a hexadecimal number to octal
Syntax
HEX2OCT(number, [places])
The HEX2OCT function syntax has the following arguments:
• Number Required. The hexadecimal number you want to convert. Number cannot contain more than 10 characters. The most significant bit of number is the sign bit. The remaining 39 bits are magnitude bits. Negative numbers are represented using two's-complement notation.
• Places Optional. The number of characters to use. If places is omitted, HEX2OCT uses the minimum number of characters necessary. Places is useful for padding the return value with leading 0s (zeros).
• Number Required. The hexadecimal number you want to convert. Number cannot contain more than 10 characters. The most significant bit of number is the sign bit. The remaining 39 bits are magnitude bits. Negative numbers are represented using two's-complement notation.
• Places Optional. The number of characters to use. If places is omitted, HEX2OCT uses the minimum number of characters necessary. Places is useful for padding the return value with leading 0s (zeros).
Example
=HEX2OCT("F", 3)
=HEX2OCT("3B4E")
=HEX2OCT("FFFFFFFF00")
=HEX2OCT("3B4E")
=HEX2OCT("FFFFFFFF00")