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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Converting string to negative decimal value Post 302608639 by Scrutinizer on Sunday 18th of March 2012 06:55:02 AM
Old 03-18-2012
Without externals commands (faster):
Code:
case $a in (*-) a=-${a%?}; esac

or in bash/ksh93:
Code:
a=${a/*-/-${a%?}}


Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-18-2012 at 08:01 AM..
 

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HEXDEC(3)								 1								 HEXDEC(3)

hexdec - Hexadecimal to decimal

SYNOPSIS
number hexdec (string $hex_string) DESCRIPTION
Returns the decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number represented by the $hex_string argument. hexdec(3) converts a hexadecimal string to a decimal number. hexdec(3) will ignore any non-hexadecimal characters it encounters. PARAMETERS
o $hex_string - The hexadecimal string to convert RETURN VALUES
The decimal representation of $hex_string EXAMPLES
Example #1 hexdec(3) example <?php var_dump(hexdec("See")); var_dump(hexdec("ee")); // both print "int(238)" var_dump(hexdec("that")); // print "int(10)" var_dump(hexdec("a0")); // print "int(160)" ?> NOTES
Note The function can convert numbers that are too large to fit into the platforms integer type, larger values are returned as float in that case. SEE ALSO
dechex(3), bindec(3), octdec(3), base_convert(3). PHP Documentation Group HEXDEC(3)
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