hexToBits converts a string holding hexadecimal digits to a sequence of integers
0 or 1, for the bits. This is mainly for for use within showQCTests().
hexToBits(hex)a vector of character values corresponding to a sequence of one or more
hexadecimal digits (i.e. "0" through "9","a" through "f", or "A" through "F").
An integer vector holding the bits as values 0 or 1. The
inverse of 'mathematical' order is used, as is the case for the base
R function rawToBits(); see the “Examples”.
library(argoFloats)
hexToBits('3') # 1 1 0 0
#> [1] 1 1 0 0
hexToBits('4000') # 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
#> [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0