[fpc-pascal] represent data string in hex?

[wkitty42 at windstream.net]

On Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:03 PM, patspiper <patspiper at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On 21/09/13 18:56, wkitty42 at windstream.net wrote: 
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> > i haven't tried that... my understanding is that #xx depicts the decimal 
> format of the character... 
> > 
> > eg : $FF == #255 
> It is rather #$FF which is the same as #255, like Chr(255) 

this worked, pat... thanks for the pointer!

but i'm still confused as to what # means to indicate... i've always understood it to indicate the decimal value of a raw byte whereas $ indicates the hex value of a raw byte... i haven't found anything showing the use of #$xxx though :/

in any case, this worked and i'm a bit happier :) :) :)