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Section: Elementary Functions
Converts a hexadecimal number (encoded as a string matrix) into integers. The syntax for its use is
y = hex2dec(x)
 where x is a character matrix where each row represents an integer in hexadecimal form. The output is of type Double. 
--> hex2dec('3ff')
ans = 
 1023 
Or for a more complex example
--> hex2dec(['0ff';'2de';'123']) ans = 255 734 291