StrOps::XtoO( char , unsigned char , int )

Convert a hex string into an octet stream.

Virtual?	No
Class	`StrOps`
Arguments	`char *x`	the input hex string
	`char *octet`	the output stream
	`int octlen`	the length of the output, in bytes
Returns	`void`

Notes

This function converts the input hexadecimal string into the stream of bytes that it represents.

Copy

char *hex = "666F6F";
unsigned char oct[4];

StrOps::XtoO( hex, oct, 3 );
oct[3] = '\0';

printf( "%s", oct );

return 0;

Executing the preceding code produces the following output:

% a.out
foo