Using VAL with a hexadecimal string literal.

[bart75028]

Can anyone tell me why  PRINT VAL("0x30")  prints "0", rather than the expected "48"? And where I could have found that in the Users Guide?

I'm sad because I feel stoopid.

OPENCONSOLE
DEF n AS INT
n = VAL("0x30")
PRINT n                                        :' display "0"    Why not "48"?
n = VAL("48")
PRINT n                                        :' display "48"   
DO: UNTIL INKEY$ <> ""
CLOSECONSOLE
END

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

VAL only works with decimal numbers, not hex, not octal, not binary either

You can use the C library function sscanf for converting hex numbers.

And where I could have found that in the Users Guide?

And you expect I am supposed to imagine every possible combination a user could enter?  Never said I was perfect, and since I wrote the users guide without help there are bound to be some oversights.  It has been pointed out to me that things that to me are common sense, might not be so for others 

Paul.

[bart75028]

I just assumed I was doing it rong. Thanks for the info.

[LarryMc]

things that to me are common sense, might not be so for others

Talking about me again, heh?

Larry