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penci...@yahoo.com
Aug 12, 2012, 7:08:48 PM8/12/12
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tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
input: 61 62 63
output: abc
i must have missed something on page 1 of the manual because no searches seem to be able to tell me how to do this. the closest i have come is that 'puts' does some auto conversion, but i want to use the new value, not print it.
set a "0x61 0x62 0x63"
puts "$a = [binary format c* $a]"
it seems 'puts' does autoconversion to unicode. i'm looking for the tcl command to do this.
i also found a way to convert a single character, but there must be a more efficient way than this:
set a "65"
set a [format %c $a]
help?
tim
;)
input: 61 62 63
output: abc
i must have missed something on page 1 of the manual because no searches seem to be able to tell me how to do this. the closest i have come is that 'puts' does some auto conversion, but i want to use the new value, not print it.
set a "0x61 0x62 0x63"
puts "$a = [binary format c* $a]"
it seems 'puts' does autoconversion to unicode. i'm looking for the tcl command to do this.
i also found a way to convert a single character, but there must be a more efficient way than this:
set a "65"
set a [format %c $a]
help?
tim
;)
Gerry Snyder
Aug 12, 2012, 9:14:45 PM8/12/12
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On 8/12/2012 4:08 PM, penci...@yahoo.com wrote:
> tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
>
> input: 61 62 63
> output: abc
>
> i must have missed something on page 1 of the manual because no searches seem to be able to tell me how to do this. the closest i have come is that 'puts' does some auto conversion, but i want to use the new value, not print it.
>
> set a "0x61 0x62 0x63"
> puts "$a = [binary format c* $a]"
You were looking right at your answer.
> tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
>
> input: 61 62 63
> output: abc
>
> i must have missed something on page 1 of the manual because no searches seem to be able to tell me how to do this. the closest i have come is that 'puts' does some auto conversion, but i want to use the new value, not print it.
>
> set a "0x61 0x62 0x63"
> puts "$a = [binary format c* $a]"
> 1 % set a "0x61 0x62 0x63"
0x61 0x62 0x63
> 2 % set b [binary format c* $a]
abc
[binary format] did all the work.
HTH,
Gerry
Zbigniew Diaczyszyn
Aug 13, 2012, 4:14:26 AM8/13/12
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Am 13.08.2012 03:14, schrieb Gerry Snyder:
> but i want to use the new value, not print it.
Did you try:
> but i want to use the new value, not print it.
% scan 0x61 %x
97
Uwe Klein
Aug 13, 2012, 5:20:33 AM8/13/12
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penci...@yahoo.com wrote:
> tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
>
> input: 61 62 63
> output: abc
set hex {{} 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69}
> tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
>
> input: 61 62 63
> output: abc
set ascii [ subst [ join $hex \\x ] ]
uwe
penci...@yahoo.com
Aug 13, 2012, 6:41:21 AM8/13/12
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it works - thank you!
i thought it tried that... *blush*
tim
;)
i thought it tried that... *blush*
tim
;)
Andreas Leitgeb
Aug 13, 2012, 4:34:36 PM8/13/12
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penci...@yahoo.com <penci...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
> input: 61 62 63
> output: abc
To add yet another one...
> tcl newbie and i'm baffled. i have a string of hex characters and i want to convert them to the ascii.
> input: 61 62 63
> output: abc
set x "61 62 63"
set y [join $x ""];# that makes it "616263"
binary format H* $y ;# returns "abc"
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