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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-2950:
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Github user alopresto commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1161#discussion_r85231591
--- Diff: nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/expression-language-guide.adoc ---
@@ -1645,6 +1649,34 @@ Divide. This is to preserve backwards compatibility
and to not force rounding er
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[.function]
+=== fromRadix
+
+*Description*: [.description]#Converts the Subject from a specified Radix
(or number base) to a base ten whole number. The subject will converted as is,
without interpretation, and all characters
+must be valid for the base being converted from. For example converting
"0xFF" from hex will not work due to it not x not being a valid hex character.
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I think there is a typo in "due to *it not x not* being a valid hex
character".
> Allow literal interpretation of hex numbers as whole numbers in EL
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>
> Key: NIFI-2950
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2950
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Joseph Percivall
> Assignee: Joseph Percivall
> Priority: Minor
>
> Currently in EL you cannot pass hex numbers as a whole number and instead
> only decimals support them. Whole numbers should support being passed in as
> hex too.
> This was brought up by this SO[1] question.
> [1]
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40265791/applying-string-manipulations-mathematical-operations-to-the-contents-of-a-flow/40267507#40267507
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