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Myonlake at 15:39, 7 September 2018

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	This function converts a decimal number to a hexadecimal number.<br>		This function converts a decimal number to a hexadecimal number.<br>
	* '''NOTE:''' This is made to be used clientside! Use string.format ( "%X", num ) to convert a number to hex serverside, since this does not work properly clientside.		* '''NOTE:''' This is made to be used clientside! Use string.format ( "%X", num ) to convert a number to hex serverside, since this does not work properly clientside.

Remi-X: toHex function, to be used clientside.

2011-06-14T19:28:43Z

toHex function, to be used clientside.

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{{Useful Function}}
__NOTOC__
This function converts a decimal number to a hexadecimal number.<br>
* '''NOTE:''' This is made to be used clientside! Use string.format ( "%X", num ) to convert a number to hex serverside, since this does not work properly clientside.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">string toHex( int number )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''number''': The number to be converted.

===Returns===
Returns a string containing the Hex value.

==Code==
<section name="Clientside script" class="client" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function toHex ( n )
local hexnums = {"0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7",
"8","9","A","B","C","D","E","F"}
local str,r = "",n%16
if n-r == 0 then str = hexnums[r+1]
else str = toHex((n-r)/16)..hexnums[r+1] end
return str
end
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==Example==
This example outputs the hexadecimal number in a string. ("1F5F79A0")
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">print ( toHex ( tonumber ( 0x1F5F79A0 ) ) )</syntaxhighlight>

Author: Remi-X

==See Also==
{{Useful_Functions}}