X2B (Hexadecimal to Binary).

 ───X2B(hexstring)──────────

X2B converts hexstring (a string of hexadecimal characters) to an equivalent string of binary digits. hexstring can be of any length; each hexidecimal character is converted to a string of four binary digits. The returned string has a length that is a multiple of four, and does not include any blanks.

Blanks can optionally be added (at byte boundaries only, not leading or trailing) to aid readability; they are ignored.

If hexstring is null, X2B returns 0.

Here are some examples:

X2B('C3')        ==  '11000011'
X2B('7')         ==  '0111'
X2B('1 C1')      ==  '000111000001'

You can combine X2B( ) may be combined with the functions D2X( ) and C2X( ) to convert decimal numbers or character strings into binary form.

Here are some examples:

X2B(C2X('C3'x))  ==  '11000011'
X2B(D2X('129'))  ==  '10000001'
X2B(D2X('12'))   ==  '1100'