The Base Converter

A.X.E.'s handy base converter allows you to see data quickly in any form.

The base converter is pretty easy to use. Whatever field you type in, the other fields will be updated as you type to show what you've typed as one of 10 types. The numerical types interpret a fixed number of bytes beginning at the beginning of whatever you typed; that's why in the picture above, the 'Byte' field shows '97', an interpretation of the first byte that was typed in the 'Hex' field.

The 'C-Style String' field allows you to see how the bytes you've typed can be represented as a string in a C program (and to type characters such as a linefeed).

The base converter uses the same code that is used to display and edit structures throughout the rest of A.X.E. (In fact, it *is* just an A.X.E. document displayed differently; hey, I can do this 'code reuse' stuff!) and the same notes therefore apply, i.e. that actual interpretation of bytes as characters can depend on your code page (and, it seems, O.S.).

The 'Signed' and 'Motorola' checkboxes affect only the integer types.

The 'Binary' field shows you what you last typed into one of the other fields as binary bits. It is not editable. Perhaps in the next version, it will be :)

The Base Converter is pretty tolerant; it won't mess up if you leave a backslash on the end of a 'C-Style' string and it doesn't care how you format hex if you type into the 'Hex' field. However, it does have the same 80-character string limit as A.X.E. in general, so if you type more than 80 characters into one of the string fields, all but the first 80 will be ignored when the other fields are updated.