How do I convert my decimal field to a hex value?

[anssntaco]

Very similar to http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/7688/how-do-i-convert-my-hexoct-field-into-a-decimal-value... but reverse. I have a field in decimal value, and would like to convert it to hex.

Doesn't look like there's an eval's "tohex()" equivalent to "tonumber()". Has anyone found a way to do this?

BTW, the internets have mentioned formulas that exist for this (e.g. http://www.webelfin.com/webelfindesign/dechex.html ). I'd rather not have to write my own search functions (not sure if it's even possible to write a custom tohex() function for eval), though I'm worried that may be the only option.

[lguinn2 · Accepted solution]

This is very easy, though it isn't intuitive!

eval yourHex = tostring(yourNumber,"hex")

[anssntaco]

Should've read the documentation a little closer. Thanks!