In a message dated 8/4/98 9:46:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ivanova@ucs.orst.edu writes: > Not sure what you are asking. $4f6 is just a number. what kind of number is 4f6? l thought that hex could be like 4F, or F6, or 4FF6. can the hex have three "character-digits"? like 4f6 has three. 4F has two.