Input as the hexadecimal number

Is it possible to enter directly the hexadecimal number without the conversion to decimal number and perform all the hexadecimal operation like AND,OR, XOR?

For example a = 0x53656174 , b = 0x454B5350

c = bitand(a,b)

how to represent the hexadecimal number in matlab?

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Unfortunately, there is no support for hexadecimal literals. The best you can do is:

a = hex2dec('3656174');
b = hex2dec('454B5350');

However, there is support for displaying in hexadecimal:

format hex
c = bitand(a, b)

[Hoa Lu]

Hi @Guillaume,

Thanks for your tips.

BTW, how about the floating point format such as single (float32), double (float64), or CustomFloat?

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

Since R2019b it is possible to directly enter literal hexadecimal and binary numeric values:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/specify-hexadecimal-and-binary-numbers.html

0x2A

ans = uint8 42

0b101010

ans = uint8 42