Bit.tohex

Available since: Gideros 2013.09
Class: bit

Description

Converts its first argument to a hex string. The number of hex digits is given by the absolute value of the optional second argument. Positive numbers between 1 and 8 generate lowercase hex digits. Negative numbers generate uppercase hex digits. Only the least-significant 4*|n| bits are used. The default is to generate 8 lowercase hex digits.

(string) = bit.tohex(x,n)

Parameters

x: (number) number to convert to hex string
n: (number) number of hex digits to convert optional

Return values

Returns (string) hex string