How to Use DEC2HEX in Google Sheets in 2020?

DEC2HEXThe DEC2HEX function converts a decimal number to signed hexadecimal format.

Sample Usage

DEC2HEX(100,8)

DEC2HEX(A2)

Syntax

DEC2HEX(decimal_number, [significant_digits])

decimal_number – The decimal value to be converted to signed hexadecimal, provided as a string.

For this function, this value has a maximum of 549755813887 if positive, and a minimum of -549755814888 if negative.

If decimal_number is provided as a valid decimal number, it will automatically be converted to the appropriate string input. For example, DEC2HEX(100) and DEC2HEX(“100”) yield the same result: 64.

significant_digits – [ OPTIONAL ] – The number of significant digits to ensure in the result.

If this is greater than the number of significant digits in the result, the result is left-padded with zeros until the total number of digits reaches significant_digits.

This value is ignored if decimal_number is negative.

Notes

If the number of digits required is greater than the specified significant_digits, the #NUM! error is returned.

Ensure that any calculations using the result of DEC2HEX take into account that it is in hexadecimal. Results will be silently converted by Google Sheets; thus if cell A2 contains 100, the hexadecimal equivalent of the decimal value 256, and B2 contains a formula such as =A2+20, the result will be 120, which is incorrect in hexadecimal calculation.

See Also

OCT2HEX: The OCT2HEX function converts a signed octal number to signed hexadecimal format.

OCT2DEC: The OCT2DEC function converts a signed octal number to decimal format.

OCT2BIN: The OCT2BIN function converts a signed octal number to signed binary format.

HEX2OCT: The HEX2OCT function converts a signed hexadecimal number to signed octal format.

HEX2DEC: The HEX2DEC function converts a signed hexadecimal number to decimal format.

HEX2BIN: The HEX2BIN function converts a signed hexadecimal number to signed binary format.

DEC2OCT: The DEC2OCT function converts a decimal number to signed octal format.

DEC2BIN: The DEC2BIN function converts a decimal number to signed binary format.

BIN2OCT: The BIN2OCT function converts a signed binary number to signed octal format.

BIN2HEX: The BIN2HEX function converts a signed binary number to signed hexadecimal format.

BIN2DEC: The BIN2DEC function converts a signed binary number to decimal format.

Examples

Converts a decimal number to its hexadecimal value.