Wow! Now I have three approaches. Since reading the other two, this looks like the most efficient. thank you Gabriele! Tim At 12:00 PM 4/24/00 +0200, you wrote: >Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]! > >On 24-Apr-00, you wrote: > > t> I'm trying to set up a system for encoding > t> a string into a target string that represents > t> the hex values of the original string. > >>> s: enbase/base "A string" 16 >== "4120737472696E67" > >>> to-string debase/base s 16 >== "A string" > >Have a look at the help for enbase and debase. :-) > >Regards, > Gabriele. >-- >Gabriele Santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer >Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila -- http://www.amyresource.it/AGI/ > >