[jira] [Commented] (NIFI-2950) Allow literal interpretation of hex numbers as whole numbers in EL

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-2950:
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GitHub user JPercivall opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1161

    NIFI-2950 Adding support for whole number hex values and a fromRadix function

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commit 3240d90cec85413cf62c2e13f76a4d797d14f9e3
Author: jpercivall <jo...@yahoo.com>
Date:   2016-10-26T20:34:14Z

    NIFI-2950 Adding support for whole number hex values and a fromRadix function

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> Allow literal interpretation of hex numbers as whole numbers in EL
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: NIFI-2950
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2950
>             Project: Apache NiFi
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: 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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