BTW...what I need the second hex set for is that the last 4 char (second set) convert back to dec as 751 in this case...and I need that number to determine the following actions the script runs.So now that I can convert it to hex, I need to evaluate if it's 7 or 8 characters long (truncated because there was a leading 0) and then chop the last 4 characters, and convert them back to dec. so this is a really annoying thing to have to do. 
Thanks for the help,
Skorpyo
