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Try this:
<br><a href="http://equivalents.javascriptsource.com/hex-rgb-converter.html">The
JavaScript Source: Equivalents: Hex-RGB Converter</a>
<br>I don't know if it's exactly what you want but...
<br>a.
<br>Peter Brunone wrote:
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Unfortunately, upon closer examination, I see that this doesn't do jack.</font></font>
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<a href="mailto:peter@brunone.com" title="peter@brunone.com">Peter Brunone</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:javascript@LaTech.edu" title="javascript@LaTech.edu">javascript@LaTech.edu</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 20, 2001 12:10
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Javascript] How do I
convert "FF" to 255?</div>
<font face="Arial"><font size=-1> According
to the Netscape JavaScript reference, you can use escape(var) to get the
hexadecimal value, and unescape(var) to get the decimal value.</font></font>
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<a href="mailto:RuiFortes@clix.pt" title="RuiFortes@clix.pt">Rui Fortes</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:javascript@LaTech.edu" title="javascript@LaTech.edu">javascript@LaTech.edu</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 20, 2001 11:23
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Javascript] How do I convert
"FF" to 255?</div>
<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Hello.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>How
can I get an highlighted version of a color.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>That
is, how can I find the code of a color wich is a lighter version of another
color.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I tryed to do this
myself but I need, for instance, to know how to get a number from a string
representing an hexadecimal number.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I
could then add some value to RGB components and use RGB(newred, newgreen,
newblue) to get that color.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I
found Hex function that returns a string representing the hexadecimal convertion
of a number.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Is there an
inverse function to turn a string into a number?</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Something
like afunc("FF") that returns 255.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Thanks</font></font> </blockquote>
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