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Converting a Hex CString to Decimal CString

Hello.

I know there are many resources available for this question but they all don't seem to work for me for some reason.

I am trying to convert a CString representing a hex number into a CString containing a decimal number.

For example:

CString hexstring = 07BE;
CString decimalstring;

I want to convert 07BE to 1982.

If anyone can help, will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

jkr

The easiest way would probably be 'strtol()' (or '_tcstol()' respectively) along with 'CString::Format()' then, e.g.

#include <stdlib.h>

//...

CString HexStrToDecStr(const CString& sHex) {

  CString sDec;
  char *p;
  sDec.Format("%d",_tcstol(sHex,&p,16));

  return sDec;
}

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mr_stevie

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Unfortunately, i get the follow errors:

For strtol():

Error      1      error C2664: 'strtol' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'CString' to 'const char *'
Error      2      error C2664: 'void ATL::CStringT<BaseType,StringTraits>::Format(const wchar_t *,...)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [3]' to 'const wchar_t *'

For_tcstol():

Error      3      error C2664: 'wcstol' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char **__w64 ' to 'wchar_t **'
Error      4      error C2664: 'void ATL::CStringT<BaseType,StringTraits>::Format(const wchar_t *,...)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [3]' to 'const wchar_t *'

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mr_stevie

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Unfortunately, that still gives me problems.

However, I think I've managed to figure it out.

For some reason, char* isn't working properly and I'm using a wchar_t*.

Also, "%d" needs to be _T("%d") to convert to UNICODE.

Otherwise, the following code seems works fine!

Thank you very much!

wchar_t *p;
sDec.Format( _T("%d") , _tcstol( sHex, &p, 16 ) );

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