Issue 80985 - using Hex data into Calc
Summary: using Hex data into Calc
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 18134
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: formatting (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.2
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: spreadsheet
QA Contact: issues@sc
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Reported: 2007-08-23 21:30 UTC by npendleton
Modified: 2007-08-24 10:16 UTC (History)
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Description npendleton 2007-08-23 21:30:36 UTC 
Calc should have "Format > Cells > Other Bases" to permit easy entry and
manipulation of HexDecimal data.  If you have Mac Address, IP6 addresses, memory
address, or web colors, the data is provided in Hex. Currently text cell is the
only format support.  Validation, export and reformatting would be handy
features, such as adding prefixes such as "0x", zero padding, and the like.

The current work around is clumsy [dec2hex() and hex2dec()], requiring import
hex data in one column and a second column with hex2dec(celladdress), to convert
hex to decimal, and computation in decimal.

In cell manipulation:
The default functions called from "f(x)" button use single quotes, not double
quotes, so the function breaks!
hex2dec('ff') = 0 or #Value!
hex2dec("ff") = 255
and no quotes hex2dec(celladdress) works.
Comment 1 frank 2007-08-24 10:15:57 UTC 
double to Issue 18134

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 18134 ***
Comment 2 frank 2007-08-24 10:16:20 UTC 
closed double