string.hex

Syntax string.hex (number)
Params number is the number to be converted to hexadecimal notation.
Action Converts number to hexadecimal (base-16) notation.
Returns The resulting string of four or eight hexadecimal digits, preceded by a zero and a lower-case "x" indicating the value is to be evaluated as a hexadecimal number.
Examples string.hex (16)

   » 0x0010

string.hex (10)

   » 0x000A

string.hex (infinity)

   » 0x7FFFFFFF // largest hex value Frontier can represent
Errors Supplying a value which cannot be coerced into a number produces an error.
Notes This verb is useful for displaying the value of things as programmers sometimes like or need to deal with them.

If hexadecimal notation doesn't make any sense to you and you don't use it, please feel free to ignore this verb!

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