decode hex using raw input?

[gormmark]

hia guys, another n00b question lol

im using a simple way of decoding long hex strings at the moment:

a = " hex code goes here ".decode("hex")
print a

but it means when i go to decode more hex i have delete all the hex iv entered into the script. I was wondering if there was a way to make this work using the raw_input command so i only have to run the script and enter the long hex strings to be decoded and save me the trouble of having to delete stuff from the script all the time.

I tried using this :

a = raw_input("Enter Hex Code :")
b = ("%s") % a
dec_hex = "b".decode("hex")
print dec_hex

But unfortunatly that doesnt work, can anyone point out where im going wrong here thanks

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

I tried this example and it worked:

a=raw_input("Enter hex code:")
#Entered 00611C
a=a.decode("hex")
a  #Returns \x00a\x1c

[gormmark]

Hia thanks for your reply bogdan, I tried the example you showed me but it only returned the 00611C that im entering? any idea why it wont work for me?

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hia thanks for your reply bogdan, I tried the example you showed me but it only returned the 00611C that im entering? any idea why it wont work for me?

Sorry, I forgot to assign the decoded value to a. I've edited my post and it should work now.

[gormmark]

Hia i tried the new code you edited but this time it only returns the a thats been assigned to it

[gormmark]

Hia i tried the new code you edited but this time it only returns the a thats been assigned to it

its ok bogdan it was a user error by me lol its working now thanks very much for your help mate. much appreciared.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

You're very welcome, glad I was able to help.

[Dansco]

Hi,

I tried this example and it worked:

a=raw_input("Enter hex code:")
#Entered 00611C
a=a.decode("hex")
a  #Returns \x00a\x1c

Sorry to bring this up but I've tried this and it comes up with an error if I try and enter the value of 00611C I'm trying to convert HEX to an int or string.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

I'm trying to convert HEX to an int or string.

Here's a function for converting hex to int. I did a few tests with an online converter and the values returned by this function seem to be correct. Hope it helps:

def hex_to_int(s):
       return int(s, 16)

As for the conversion to string, this might work:

def hex_to_str(s):
       a=""
       for i in range(len(s)/2):
               r=i*2
               a+=chr(int(s[r:r+2],16))
       return a

[Dansco]

Here's a function for converting hex to int. I did a few tests with an online converter and the values returned by this function seem to be correct. Hope it helps:

def hex_to_int(s):
       return int(s, 16)

As for the conversion to string, this might work:

def hex_to_str(s):
       a=""
       for i in range(len(s)/2):
               r=i*2
               a+=chr(int(s[r:r+2],16))
       return a

Cheers mate. I found out how to do it by total accident but thanx for the help