Subj : Re: "On the Fly" Hex-numb conversion ... ???
To   : Gerald.Miller@xspamp0.f512.n342.z1.
From : Charles Dye
Date : Fri Feb 08 2002 02:39 pm

From: Charles.Dye@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Charles Dye)
Subject: Re: "On the Fly" Hex-numb conversion ... ???

From: raster@highfiber.com (Charles Dye)

Gerald.Miller@xspamp0.f512.n342.z1.fidonet.org wrote:

>Hello Charles,
>
>  Thursday February 07 2002 01:29, Charles Dye wrote to Gerald Miller:
>
> CD> From: raster@highfiber.com (Charles Dye)
>
> >> I am seeking a "4DOS" solution of performing the subject and
> >> performing specific tasks based the converted address.  For
> >> example:
> >>
> >>    0000FE05
>
> CD> Well, you can plug a hex number directly into @EVAL if you just
> CD> prepend an 0x to it:
>
> CD>    echo %@eval[0x0000fe05]
>
> CD> Would display the equivalent decimal number.  Not sure whether that's
> CD> exactly what you're trying to do, but I expect you get the general
> CD> idea.
>
>I tried it from the commandline as you have typed it above.
>
>    syntax error "0x0000fe05"
>
>I suspect that there could be more to converting....  ???

It works fine for me.  Are you using an older version of 4DOS?

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