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Encode a hex string.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
Text | 2.4 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
(old name: String.EncodeToHex)
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
text | The text to process. | "Hello World" | |
Encoding | The text encoding for text parameter. Default is native. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"UTF-8" | Optional |
Returns encoded text.
Encode Hex as UTF-8:
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; "Hello World"; "utf8" )
Example result: 48656C6C6F20576F726C64
Check for hex encoding:
Length(MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; MBS( "Text.DecodeFromHex"; "41004200" )))
Example result: Returns 8 in FileMaker 16 and 6 in FileMaker 15 due to different text handling.
Encode emojis:
MBS( "Text.EncodeToHex"; "🍎 🍓 🍒"; "UTF-8" )
Example result: F09F8D8E20F09F8D9320F09F8D92
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 31st January 2023