Re: What is the meaning for format #%02x%02x%02x

parag_paul@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
when you say

format #%02x%02x%02x [<some input command>] [same] [same]

What is the purpose of the above

It formats three numbers as 2 digit hexadecimal strings with leading 0s used if the number only consists of a single digit in hex. The '#' is just a literal character. Read the format man page for more information: http://tmml.sourceforge.net/doc/tcl/format.html . For example, suppose your input commands returned the numbers 255, 100, and 37, then you'd get back a string "#ff6425", where FF in hex = 255 in decimal, 64 hex = 100 decimal, and 25 hex = 37 decimal.

At a guess, I'd say the code is producing RGB colour values for use in HTML/CSS.

-- Neil
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