Re: [Q]: reading hexadecimal numbers from text files

[davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)]

David Fanning (davidf@dfanning.com) writes:

> I have no idea how to read 'CS' into a short integer, but
> hexadecimal values are quite straightforward.

Well, "no idea" is perhaps too strong. You can turn
the string "CS" into a integer value like this:

   IDL> variable = "CS"
   IDL> var = Fix(Byte(variable), 0)
   IDL> Print, var
         21315

I'm just not sure that's what you really wanted to do. :-(

Cheers,

David

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