Convert hexadecimal string to long in the same format

Question

I have this code:

string IDNumber = "0x0037D70D";

long x = 0x0037D70D; //Working

long x = long.Parse(IDNumber); //Error Input string was not in a correct format.

Required to send the string above (IDNumber) to long y and should maintain the variable format and value typical as its start with 0x.... same as in the IDNumber string

Kindly help me.

Edit:

I have function in DLL file, this function accept one parameter with data type long

If I give this long parameter the value like 0x0037D70D then the function is working correctly and do the required job but if I give the long parameter the value in any other format like 3659533 function is not working

string example1 = "0x0037D70D";
long example2 = 0x0037D70D;

At the end I have the value coming in string format like example1 which I want to convert to be like example2 because if I have the value written like example2 format and saved in long variable then is working

Update: The problem solved, I use this function to communicate with external hardware device and after many times trying the device hangs, I rest the device and the solution advised by @Kirill Polishchuk working for me.

long l = Convert.ToInt64(IDNumber, 16);

This duplicate answers your question: [Convert integer to hexadecimal and back again](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1139957/convert-integer-to-hexadecimal-and-back-again) — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Jun 24 '20 at 23:14
@Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp this not the case because I want to keep the hexadecimal as its in the long variable without convert it to integer — Waleed ELerksosy, Jun 25 '20 at 07:48
@John the error I got is Input string was not in a correct format. — Waleed ELerksosy, Jun 25 '20 at 07:49
`long` is short for "long integer". Hexadecimal is a string representation of binary data. — ProgrammingLlama, Jun 25 '20 at 07:54
Please advise what you want to do and why the two answers are not suitable for you. — ProgrammingLlama, Jun 25 '20 at 08:04
Something else must be at play here. Using Kirill's method, the resulting value is [identical](https://rextester.com/EQD49441). This seems to be [an XY problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem). — ProgrammingLlama, Jun 25 '20 at 08:28
I use this function with external hardware device and I found that the problem was in the hardware that hangs after many times try, after reset the device I became able to use the advised solutions and is working now. Thank you for help and support — Waleed ELerksosy, Jun 25 '20 at 09:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '20 at 22:55

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You should remove 0x prefix:

long y = long.Parse(IDNumber.Replace("0x", ""), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
long x = 0x0037D70D; //Working
Console.WriteLine(x.ToString("X")); //prints "37D70D", no prefix

answered Jun 24 '20 at 22:55

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '20 at 23:13

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I would suggest using Convert class:

long l = Convert.ToInt64(IDNumber, 16);

answered Jun 24 '20 at 23:13

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This will convert the hexadecimal to integer and the result will be 3659533 and not 0x0037D70D – Waleed ELerksosy Jun 25 '20 at 07:20
@WaleedELerksosy ...and what exactly is wrong with that? [`0x0037D70D` is a hexadecimal representation of `3659533`](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xU9hv.png). What else could you possibly be trying to do? If you want it in a hexadecimal (string) format, why are you converting it to a long? – ProgrammingLlama Jun 25 '20 at 07:50
I have function in DLL file, this function accept one parameter with data type long If I give this parameter the value like 0x0037D70D then the funcation is working correctly and do the required job but if I do it in any other format like 3659533 function is not working string example1 = "0x0037D70D"; long example2 = 0x0037D70D; At the end I have the value coming in string format like example1 which I want to convert to be like example2 because if I have the value written like example2 then is working – Waleed ELerksosy Jun 25 '20 at 08:21
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Thank you, problem solved :) – Waleed ELerksosy Jun 25 '20 at 09:15
@WaleedELerksosy, cool – Kirill Polishchuk Jun 28 '20 at 22:03

Convert hexadecimal string to long in the same format

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