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Engineering function
BIN2HEX
Converts a binary number to hexadecimal.
Rarely usedDifficulty 1250 · ProficientUsage rank #363 of 520
When to use it
Converts binary text to hexadecimal.
The shape of it
- Syntax
=BIN2HEX(number, [places])
Worked examples
Padded
=BIN2HEX("11111011",4) → 00FB
Padded to four characters.
Simple
=BIN2HEX("1110") → E
Fourteen.
Negative
=BIN2HEX("1111111111") → FFFFFFFFFF
Negative binary becomes ten-character negative hex.
Worth knowing
- Up to 10 binary digits.
- HEX2BIN reverses it.
- Result is text.
Where it goes wrong
- #NUM! for invalid digits or too many characters.
- Places is ignored for negatives.
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