From c7340b09b5dc594aa8be368120409bff60032bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chuga-git <98280110+chuga-git@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:46:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] replaces hex2num proc with define (#26649)

---
 code/__DEFINES/_math.dm     |  4 ++++
 code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm | 35 -----------------------------------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/_math.dm b/code/__DEFINES/_math.dm
index 28c03149a60b..cd6c152f06d6 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/_math.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/_math.dm
@@ -245,4 +245,8 @@
 // Gives you the percent of two inputs
 #define PERCENT_OF(val1, val2) (val1 * (val2 / 100))
 
+///Returns an integer given a hex input, supports negative values "-ff". Skips preceding invalid characters.
+#define hex2num(X) text2num(X, 16)
+
+/// Returns the hex value of a decimal number. len == length of returned string.
 #define num2hex(X, len) uppertext(num2text(X, len, 16))
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm b/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm
index f883f0cec778..e8b6f970156c 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/type2type.dm
@@ -1,47 +1,12 @@
 /*
  * Holds procs designed to change one type of value, into another.
  * Contains:
- *			hex2num & num2hex
  *			file2list
  *			angle2dir
  *			angle2text
  *			worldtime2text
  */
 
-//Returns an integer given a hex input
-/proc/hex2num(hex)
-	if(!(istext(hex)))
-		return
-
-	var/num = 0
-	var/power = 0
-	var/i = null
-	i = length(hex)
-	while(i > 0)
-		var/char = copytext(hex, i, i + 1)
-		switch(char)
-			if("0")
-				pass() // Do nothing
-			if("9", "8", "7", "6", "5", "4", "3", "2", "1")
-				num += text2num(char) * 16 ** power
-			if("a", "A")
-				num += 16 ** power * 10
-			if("b", "B")
-				num += 16 ** power * 11
-			if("c", "C")
-				num += 16 ** power * 12
-			if("d", "D")
-				num += 16 ** power * 13
-			if("e", "E")
-				num += 16 ** power * 14
-			if("f", "F")
-				num += 16 ** power * 15
-			else
-				return
-		power++
-		i--
-	return num
-
 //Returns an integer value for R of R/G/B given a hex color input.
 /proc/color2R(hex)
 	if(!(istext(hex)))