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Mark Wagner
May 10, 2008, 12:14:04 AM5/10/08
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Given a string of text, how do I convert it to a string of hexadecimal
values? For example, given the string "Hello", I want the string "48
65 6C 6C 6F".
values? For example, given the string "Hello", I want the string "48
65 6C 6C 6F".
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Mark
John W. Krahn
May 10, 2008, 1:02:36 AM5/10/08
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$ perl -le'my $string = "Hello"; print unpack "H*", $string'
48656c6c6f
John
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Mark Wagner
May 10, 2008, 3:54:23 AM5/10/08
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On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:02 PM, John W. Krahn <kra...@telus.net> wrote:
> Mark Wagner wrote:
>>
>> Given a string of text, how do I convert it to a string of hexadecimal
>> values? For example, given the string "Hello", I want the string "48
>> 65 6C 6C 6F".
>
> $ perl -le'my $string = "Hello"; print unpack "H*", $string'
> 48656c6c6f
> Mark Wagner wrote:
>>
>> Given a string of text, how do I convert it to a string of hexadecimal
>> values? For example, given the string "Hello", I want the string "48
>> 65 6C 6C 6F".
>
> $ perl -le'my $string = "Hello"; print unpack "H*", $string'
> 48656c6c6f
Thanks. Is there a good explanation of "unpack" somewhere?
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Mark
John W. Krahn
May 10, 2008, 7:39:42 AM5/10/08
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perldoc perlpacktut
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