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.TH GOLF 2gg $VERSION $DATE Development Tools
.SH NAME
decode-hex \-  (hex-encoding)
.SH PURPOSE
Decode hexadecimal string into data.

.SH SYNTAX

.RS 4
.EX

decode-hex <data> to <output> \\
    [ input-length <input length> ] 

.EE
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
decode-hex will decode hexadecimal string <data> to string <output> given in "to" clause. 

<data> must consist of an even number of digits 0-9 and letters A-F or a-f. The length of <data> may be given by <input length> number in "input-length" clause, otherwise it is assumed to be the string length of <data>. 

.SH EXAMPLES
Get the original binary data from a hexadecimal string "hexdata". The output string "binout" is created:

.RS 4
.EX

set-string hexdata = "0041000F414200"
decode-hex hexdata to binout 

.EE
.RE

The value of "binout" will be binary data equal to this C literal:

.RS 4
.EX

"\ex00""A""\ex00""\exF""AB""\ex00""\ex04"

.EE
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
 Hex encoding

\fBdecode-hex\fP  
\fBencode-hex\fP   
See all 
\fBdocumentation\fP