str2nr
converts a string with a number in a binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal representation to a numeric. " ../run_ str2nr redir > str2nr.out " 11001 binary is: 25 echo str2nr('11001', 2) " 111 octal is: 73 = 8*8 + 8 + 1 echo str2nr('111', 8) " ff hexadecimal is: 255 echo str2nr('ff', 16) " Using base 16 ignores leading 0x, " the following prints 127 echo str2nr('0x7f', 16) redir END q