Why will Val("&H") sometimes return a negative value?by Solitaire (Login Solitaire1)S DIM stx AS STRING, num AS DOUBLE CLS INPUT "Enter a hex value: ", stx$ num = VAL("&H" + stx) PRINT num For example, entering AB34 will return -21758 instead of 43828. How can the code be changed to display the correct answer? |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| Re: Why will Val("&H") sometimes return a negative value? | on Jun 7 |
| Thank you. More code added: | Solitaire on Jun 8 |
| Re: Thank you. More code added: | on Jun 8 |
| dnum is a double because... | Solitaire on Jun 9 |
| Re: dnum is a double because... | on Jun 9 |
| Val() is considered a legacy function. | Solitaire on Jun 9 |
| VAL has nothing to do with INTEGERS in QB either | on Jun 9 |
| VAL conversion | Solitaire on Jun 10 |
| *Val() legacy ? but useful | on Jun 10 |
| LONG values, like INTEGERS use the top bit as the sign bit | on Jun 7 |
| All values greater than or equal to &H8000 (16-bit) or &H80000000& are negative numbers | Bill Gates on Jun 8 |