What is HEX2OCT function in Excel? HEX2OCT function is one of Engineering functions in Microsoft Excel that converts a hexadecimal number to octal. Syntax of HEX2OCT function HEX2OCT(number, [places]) The HEX2OCT function syntax has the following arguments: Number: The hexadecimal number you want to convert. Number cannot contain more than 10 characters. The most significant bit of number is the sign bit.…