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+++ b/scripts/strings/dec2hex.m	Fri May 24 00:53:19 1996 +0000
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+# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+# 
+# This file is part of Octave.
+# 
+# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+# 
+# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+function h = dec2hex (d)
+
+# usage:  dec2hex (d)
+#
+# Returns the hex number corresponding to the decimal number d.  For
+# example, dec2hex (2748) returns "abc". 
+  
+# Original version by Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>.
+
+  if (nargin != 1)
+    usage ("dec2hex (d)");
+  endif
+  
+  [nr, nc] = size (d);
+
+  len = nr * nc;
+
+  d = reshape (d, 1, len);
+
+  eleo = empty_list_elements_ok;
+  unwind_protect
+    empty_list_elements_ok = 1;
+    h = "";
+    for i = 1:len
+      tmp = d (i);
+      if (tmp == round (tmp))
+	h = [h, sprintf ("%x", tmp)];
+      else
+	error ("dec2hex: invalid conversion");
+      endif
+    endfor
+  unwind_protect_cleanup
+    empty_list_elements_ok = eleo;
+  end_unwind_protect
+
+endfunction