Update HexToOct.java

Author: The-TJ

Conversions/HexToOct.java

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 
 public class HexToOct
 { 
-	//Function that takes the Hexadecimal number as input and returns the decimal form. 
+	/*Function that takes the Hexadecimal number as input and returns the decimal form. 
+	 The input is recieved as a string and the return type is int*/
     public static int hex2decimal(String s)
     {
-             String str = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+             String str = "0123456789ABCDEF";  
              s = s.toUpperCase();
              int val = 0;
              for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
@@ -19,20 +20,20 @@ public static int hex2decimal(String s)
              }
              return val;
     } 
-	// Main function that gets the hex input from user and converts it into octal.
+	// Main method that gets the hex input from user and converts it into octal.
     public static void main(String args[])
     {
         String hexadecnum;
         int decnum, i=1, j;
-        int octnum[] = new int[100];
+        int octnum[] = new int[100];       //Array to store the octal from of the hex number.
         Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
 
         System.out.print("Enter Hexadecimal Number : ");
-        hexadecnum = scan.nextLine();
+        hexadecnum = scan.nextLine();      
 
         // first convert hexadecimal to decimal
 
-        decnum = hex2decimal(hexadecnum);
+        decnum = hex2decimal(hexadecnum);       //Pass the string to the hex2decimal function and get the decimal form in variable decnum
 
         // convert decimal to octal