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convert hex encoded string to ASCII - Skaperen - Sep-29-2016
given a string of hexadecimal characters that represent ASCII characters, i want to convert it to those ASCII characters. for example:
'707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f' -> 'python-forum.io'
in python 2 i can do .decode('hex') but this is gone in python3. so, i found this:
codecs.decode(codecs.decode('707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f','hex'),'ascii')anything simpler that works in either python 2 or python 3 ?
RE: convert hex encoded string to ASCII - j.crater - Sep-29-2016
How about
codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex")Does it give the result you want?
RE: convert hex encoded string to ASCII - Vexis - Oct-02-2016
Personally, I've found the fromhex method of bytes to be useful.
print(bytes.fromhex('7370616d')) # b'spam'
RE: convert hex encoded string to ASCII - Skaperen - Oct-02-2016
(Sep-29-2016, 07:45 AM)j.crater Wrote: How about
codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex")Does it give the result you want?
not in py 3. i want an ASCII or UTF-8 string, not an array of bytes. this why i added the 2nd call to codecs.decode(,"ascii").
RE: convert hex encoded string to ASCII - snippsat - Oct-02-2016
Quote:this why i added the 2nd call to codecs.decode(,"ascii")You don't need a second call,just add .decode('utf-8').
>>> codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex").decode('utf-8')
'python-forum.io'It will work the same in Python 2.x>>> codecs.decode("707974686f6e2d666f72756d2e696f", "hex").decode('utf-8')
u'python-forum.io'Strings are Unicode by default in Python 3.x.>>> u'python-forum.io' == 'python-forum.io' True