Some related routines... I coded them for my interpreter:
Function NumberToLong:Long( Text:String ) Text = Text.Trim() Local n:Long, sign If Text[0]=45 Then sign=-1;Text=Text[1..] Else sign=1 For Local i = 0 Until Text.length If Text[i]>47 And Text[i]<58 Then n= (n * 10) + Text[i]-48 Else Return n*sign Next Return n*sign End Function Function HexToLong:Long( HexStr:String ) Local n:Long HexStr = HexStr.Trim().Toupper() If HexStr[0]=36 Then HexStr=HexStr[1..] '$ For Local i = 0 Until HexStr.length If HexStr[i]>64 And HexStr[i]<77 Then n = (n Shl 4) + HexStr[i]-55 ElseIf HexStr[i]>47 And HexStr[i]<58 Then n = (n Shl 4) + HexStr[i]-48 Else Return n Next Return n End Function Function BinToLong:Long( BinStr:String ) Local n:Long BinStr = BinStr.Trim() If BinStr[0]=37 Then BinStr=BinStr[1..] '% For Local i = 0 Until BinStr.length If BinStr[i]>47 And BinStr[i]<50 Then n = (n Shl 1) + BinStr[i]-48 Else Return n Next Return n End Function Function DecimalToDouble:Double(Text$) Local n:Double,Dec,Sign Text = Text.Trim() If Text[0]=45 Then sign=-1;Text=Text[1..] Else sign=1 For Local i = 0 Until Text.Length If Dec<0 Then If Text[i]>47 And Text[i]<58 Then n:+(Text[i]-48)*(10.0^Dec) Else Return n*Sign Dec:-1 Else If Text[i]>47 And Text[i]<58 Then n=(n*10)+Text[i]-48 ElseIf Text[i]=46 Then Dec=-1 Else Return n*Sign EndIf Next Return n*Sign End Function Function ScientificToDouble:Double(Text$) Text = Text.Trim() Return DecimalToDouble(Text[0..Text.Find("e")])*(10^Int(NumberToLong(Text[Text.Find("e")+1..]))) End Function Print 5.2e4 Print ScientificToDouble("5.2e4") Print 2.3456 ':O Print 1+DecimalToDouble("1.3456") Print %10101011 Print BinToLong("%10101011") Print $FFA9 Print HexToLong("$FFA9") Print 534 Print 100+NumberToLong("434")Hex only checks for $ since this is designed for bmax compatability.