hex

Function

  hex — encode/decode hexadecimal strings

Synopsis

hex(b: bytes) -> string
hex(s: string) -> bytes

Description

The hex function encodes a bytes value b as a hexadecimal string or decodes a hexadecimal string s into a bytes value.

Examples

Encode a simple bytes sequence as a hexadecimal string:

yield hex(this)

0x0102ff

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Decode a simple hex string:

yield hex(this)

"0102ff"

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Encode the bytes of an ASCII string as a hexadecimal string:

yield hex(bytes(this))

"hello,
world"

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Decode hex string representing ASCII into its string form:

yield string(hex(this))

"68656c6c6f20776f726c64"

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