Purpose
Converts a decimal number to hexadecimal
Return value
Hexadecimal number
Syntax
=DEC2HEX(number,[places])- number - The decimal number you want to convert to hexadecimal.
- places - [optional] Pads the resulting number with zeros up to the specified number of digits. If omitted returns the least number of characters required to represent the number.
How to use
The input must be a valid decimal number within the range [ -2^39, 2^39 - 1 ].
Negative Values
Excel internally represents Hexadecimal numbers in binary using 40 bits. The first bit indicates whether the number is positive or negative. The remaining bits indicate the magnitude of the number. Negative numbers are internally represented in binary using two's complement notation. Two's complement notation, when converted to hexadecimal, starts at the highest 10 digit hexadecimal number and goes backwards.
Related functions
DECIMAL Function
The Excel DECIMAL function converts a number in a given base into its decimal number equivalent. For example, the DECIMAL function can convert the binary number 1101 into the decimal number 13.
