Hexadecimal to binary

converts a hexadecimal string of just about any length to the proper binary equivalent
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Updated 27 May 2009

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this will do the easy conversion for you without any truncating or improper values. It puts it in matrix format for easier manipulation.

hex2bin('0123456789abcdef')

ans =

Columns 1 through 18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

Columns 19 through 36

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

Columns 37 through 54

1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

Columns 55 through 64

0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1

Cite As

Michael Chenoweth (2024). Hexadecimal to binary (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24282-hexadecimal-to-binary), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2007a
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1.0.0.0