hex2bin issues

RE: hex2bin issues

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:14:04 GMT

Where do you intend to store the resulting binary string, and what do you intend to do with it?

RE: hex2bin issues

michaelk0001 — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:55:01 GMT

I need to convert a data variable that represents a picture which has been given to me as HEX code. It is somewhat longer than 7 characters. Can I convert this without parsing it?

RE: hex2bin issues

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:13:04 GMT

Siddharth's answer checks out. I get the same result in Appian verus on the Appian Functions page, for both inputs - the one with the extra "5" at the end returns 0 in both places. As for why, I expect it might be because "a5a5a5a5" exceeds the bounds for the Integer data type.

RE: hex2bin issues

michaelk0001 — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:51:21 GMT

Yes, I am. "A5A5A5A" returns an answer, "A5A5A5A5" returns zero.

RE: hex2bin issues

Siddharth — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:47:38 GMT

I believe it is working as expected since you are testing the function for different input values - "A5A5A5A" and "A5A5A5A5".