hex to binary

[pessen]

Hey all,

I am trying to convert a 16 bit hex word to binary (I need a string of 1's and 0's in such a format that I can do a value check on each bit individually). I am getting the hex value in as a string (if I want to display the hex value to a string indicator, I have to set the indicator to "hex" display mode, otherwise it just comes out as a bunch of weird characters.....ASCII?).

I am sure this is probably pretty simple, but I can't seem to get it right. Thanks in advance for your help.

Paul

[jon_mcbee]

This thread may be of use to you:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=159169&query.id=56353#M159169

[altenbach]

Just typecast your string to U16, display it in a numeric indicator, and change the display to binary format with 16 digits padded with zeroes on the left.

(Optionally, you can convert it to a boolean array (using "number to boolean array") and display the bits as such).

[altenbach]

Here's a quick example (LabVIEW 8.0) showing some possibilities. Maybe one is suitable for your situation. 😉

[pessen]

I think that is exactly what I need. Thanks for the help!

Paul