Hexadecimal to binary

converts a hexadecimal string of just about any length to the proper binary equivalent

this will do the easy conversion for you without any truncating or improper values. It puts it in matrix format for easier manipulation.

hex2bin('0123456789abcdef')

ans =

Columns 1 through 18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

Columns 19 through 36

0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

Columns 37 through 54

1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

Columns 55 through 64

0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1