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Jul 5th, 2006

Convert string to to HEX

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Hello

how would i go about converting a string value to HEX

ie

char name[10]="STEPHEN";

Convert name to HEX

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Re: Convert string to to HEX

You can pass character by character to itoa with radix 16.
If you only want to display the hex values, you can use printf with format specifiers %x or %X.

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Quote originally posted by WolfPack ...

You can pass character by character to itoa with radix 16.
If you only want to display the hex values, you can use printf with format specifiers %x or %X.

I understand how to use the itoa function, but this radix 16?

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Re: Convert string to to HEX

If you use the radix 10, you will get a string of the an integer in base 10.
For radix 16, you will get a hexadecimal string.
You can try the example in the given web page or the one below.
e.g

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
	char name[10]="stephen";
	char buffer[21]="";
	char *pbuffer = buffer;
	int len = strlen( name );
	for( int i = 0; i < len ;i++ )
	{
		itoa (name[i],pbuffer,16);
		pbuffer +=2;
	};
	printf( "%s\n", buffer );
    return 0;
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
	char name[10]="stephen";
	char buffer[21]="";
	char *pbuffer = buffer;
	int len = strlen( name );
	for( int i = 0; i < len ;i++ )
	{
		itoa (name[i],pbuffer,16);
		pbuffer +=2;
	};
	printf( "%s\n", buffer );
    return 0;
}

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When i try to compile, i get this

> gcc string_to_hex.c

Undefined first referenced
symbol in file
itoa /tmp/cc21JKaJ.o
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to a.out
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

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Looks like a linker error. Do you have this problem for my example only or for the example given in the link I posted also?

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Quote originally posted by WolfPack ...

Looks like a linker error. Do you have this problem for my example only or for the example given in the link I posted also?

I cant see no given web page, but i changed the code a little to make it as simple as possible with the same error

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Quote originally posted by sgriffiths ...

I cant see no given web page,

I mean this web page.

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Re: Convert string to to HEX

Quote originally posted by sgriffiths ...

When i try to compile, i get this

> gcc string_to_hex.c

Undefined first referenced
symbol in file
itoa /tmp/cc21JKaJ.o
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to a.out
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Yes of course itoa is nonstandard. U can implement your own itoa
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforum...highlight=itoa
or use this code

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
	char name[10]="STEPHEN";
	char buffer[21]="";
	char *pbuffer = buffer;
	int len = strlen( name );
	int i;
	for(i = 0; i < len ;i++ )
	{
		sprintf(pbuffer, "%x", name[i]);
		pbuffer +=2;
	}
	printf( "%s\n", buffer );
    return 0;
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
	char name[10]="STEPHEN";
	char buffer[21]="";
	char *pbuffer = buffer;
	int len = strlen( name );
	int i;
	for(i = 0; i < len ;i++ )
	{
		sprintf(pbuffer, "%x", name[i]);
		pbuffer +=2;
	}
	printf( "%s\n", buffer );
    return 0;
}

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Re: Convert string to to HEX

What are you guys taking about? The original request is:

Quote originally posted by sgriffiths ...

how would i go about converting a string value to HEX
ie
char name[10]="STEPHEN";

Convert name to HEX

What does this mean?
1) "STEPHEN" is not a number so it can't be converted to Hex
or
2) "STEPHEN" is a string of characters that each have a Hex value. Do you mean add these characters to get a value?

Maybe an actual example would be in order. After the conversion, what should the Hex value of "STEPHEN" be?

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