System Functions

ATH( )

Convert Hex

Format

ATH(hex_string$[,ERR=stmtref])
 
Where:

hex_string$

Hex string expression to be converted to ASCII. The string must be an even number of bytes in length and consist of only the characters 0 (zero) through 9 and A through F.

stmtref

Program line number or statement label to which to transfer control.

Returns

ASCII value corresponding to string of Hex data.

Description

The ATH( ) function converts string containing valid Hexadecimal data to ASCII. The ASCII string returned by the ATH( ) function is the converted value of each set of two Hex characters to one ASCII character.

Example

h$="414243"
?ath(h$)
ABC

ath ("414240") ! yields AB@ (Hex 40= "@")