Mega Code Archive
Convert a string into a byte array in hex format
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Properties;
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public class Main {
private static char[] hex_table = {
'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'
};
/**
Convert a string into a byte array in hex format.
<BR>
For each character (b) two bytes are generated, the first byte
represents the high nibble (4 bits) in hexidecimal (<code>b & 0xf0</code>),
the second byte represents the low nibble (<code>b & 0x0f</code>).
<BR>
The character at <code>str.charAt(0)</code> is represented by the first two bytes
in the returned String.
@param str string
@param offset starting character (zero based) to convert.
@param length number of characters to convert.
@return the byte[] (with hexidecimal format) form of the string (str)
*/
public static byte[] toHexByte(String str, int offset, int length)
{
byte[] data = new byte[(length - offset) * 2];
int end = offset+length;
for (int i = offset; i < end; i++)
{
char ch = str.charAt(i);
int high_nibble = (ch & 0xf0) >>> 4;
int low_nibble = (ch & 0x0f);
data[i] = (byte)high_nibble;
data[i+1] = (byte)low_nibble;
}
return data;
}
}
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