Javascript: convert a (hex) signed integer to a javascript value
function hexToSignedInt(hex) {
if (hex.length % 2 != 0) {
hex = "0" + hex;
}
var num = parseInt(hex, 16);
var maxVal = Math.pow(2, hex.length / 2 * 8);
if (num > maxVal / 2 - 1) {
num = num - maxVal
}
return num;
}
function hexToUnsignedInt(hex){
return parseInt(hex,16);
}
the first for signed integer and the second for unsigned integer
I came up with this
function hexToInt(hex) {
if (hex.length % 2 != 0) {
hex = "0" + hex;
}
var num = parseInt(hex, 16);
var maxVal = Math.pow(2, hex.length / 2 * 8);
if (num > maxVal / 2 - 1) {
num = num - maxVal
}
return num;
}
And usage:
var res = hexToInt("FF"); // -1
res = hexToInt("A"); // same as "0A", 10
res = hexToInt("FFF"); // same as "0FFF", 4095
res = hexToInt("FFFF"); // -1
So basically the hex conversion range depends on hex's length, ant this is what I was looking for. Hope it helps.
Use parseInt()
to convert (which just accepts your hex string):
parseInt(a);
Then use a mask to figure out if the MSB is set:
a & 0x8000
If that returns a nonzero value, you know it is negative.
To wrap it all up:
a = "0xffeb";
a = parseInt(a, 16);
if ((a & 0x8000) > 0) {
a = a - 0x10000;
}
Note that this only works for 16-bit integers (short
in C). If you have a 32-bit integer, you'll need a different mask and subtraction.
Based on @Bart Friederichs I've come with:
function HexToSignedInt(num, numSize) {
var val = {
mask: 0x8 * Math.pow(16, numSize-1), // 0x8000 if numSize = 4
sub: -0x1 * Math.pow(16, numSize) //-0x10000 if numSize = 4
}
if((parseInt(num, 16) & val.mask) > 0) { //negative
return (val.sub + parseInt(num, 16))
}else { //positive
return (parseInt(num,16))
}
}
so now you can specify the exact length (in nibbles).
var numberToConvert = "CB8";
HexToSignedInt(numberToConvert, 3);
//expected output: -840