HEX2BIN function

Category: Engineering
Introduced: Excel 2003

Summary

Converts a hexadecimal number to binary

Syntax

HEX2BIN(number, [places]) The HEX2BIN function syntax has the following arguments:
• Number Required. The hexadecimal number you want to convert. Number cannot contain more than 10 characters. The most significant bit of number is the sign bit (40th bit from the right). The remaining 9 bits are magnitude bits. Negative numbers are represented using two's-complement notation.
• Places Optional. The number of characters to use. If places is omitted, HEX2BIN uses the minimum number of characters necessary. Places is useful for padding the return value with leading 0s (zeros).

Example

=HEX2BIN("F", 8)
=HEX2BIN("B7")
=HEX2BIN("FFFFFFFFFF")

Microsoft Support Page

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/hex2bin-function-a13aafaa-5737-4920-8424-643e581828c1

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