how can I define a HEX value in c#?

Question

I want to defind a hex value to a varible  for example: Const MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = &H2; how can I get this done?

bamboo3 · Answer

hi guys : thanks alot . now I know that if I want to use hex  must put 0x infront.

pseudobill2004 · Answer

The Instant C# VB.NET to C# converter shows: private const int MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN = 0X2; In VB you use the & prefix to specify a literal in hex format while in C# you use 0X.

bilnaad · Answer

BTW I believe this is used in VB? The &H2 value. I believe this is just a long datatype no hex.

bilnaad · Answer

It's pretty simple actually :) You must see a hex value is an intuintlongulong value. to output a string looking like a proper hex use: string.Format(0x{0:x8}hex) where the variable hex is an int or whatever. (the 8 in the format string is the number of values to put after the 0x????????; you also can assign a hex to an int uint etc... like: int hex = 0xFFFFFFFF; so if you do: int hex = 0xFFFFFFFF; Console.WriteLine(string.Format(0x{0:x8}hex)); it will display 0xFFFFFFFF I hope this helps :)