NAME

String::HexConvert - Converts ascii strings to hex and reverse

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use String::HexConvert ':all';
print ascii_to_hex("hello world"); # writes: 68656c6c6f20776f726c64
print hex_to_ascii("68656c6c6f20776f726c64"); # writes: hello world
            
          

DESCRIPTION

It is a wrapper around pack and unpack of perl to convert a string of hex digits to ascii and other way around.

REQUIRES

Exporter

METHODS

ascii_to_hex

            

              
              
my $hex = ascii_to_hex($ascii);
            
          

Converts a string to pairs of hex digits

hex_to_ascii

            

              
              
my $ascii = hex_to_ascii($hex);
            
          

Converts pairs of hex digits to asci

WHY?

In know the comments like "is that realy needed?". IMHO yes, because I forget the exact syntax and possibilities of pack and unpack but hex_to_ascii tells me directly what pack "H*" does.

SEE ALSO

pack, unpack, Data::Translate

AUTHOR

Andreas Hernitscheck ahernit(AT)cpan.org

LICENSE

You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the conditions of LGPL.