/* Convert a string of characters representing a hex buffer into a series of bytes of that real value */
uint8_t *hexStringToBytes(char *inhex)
{
uint8_t *retval;
uint8_t *p;
int len, i;
len = strlen(inhex) / 2;
retval = malloc(len+1);
for(i=0, p = (uint8_t *) inhex; i<len; i++) {
retval[i] = (nibbleFromChar(*p) << 4) | nibbleFromChar(*(p+1));
p += 2;
}
retval[len] = 0;
return retval;
}
/* Convert a string of characters representing a hex buffer into a series of bytes of that real value */
byteBuffer
hexStringToBytes(char *inhex)
{
byteBuffer retval;
uint8_t *p;
int len, i;
len = (int) strlen(inhex) / 2;
if((retval = mallocByteBuffer(len)) == NULL) return NULL;
for(i=0, p = (uint8_t *) inhex; i<len; i++) {
retval->bytes[i] = (nibbleFromChar(*p) << 4) | nibbleFromChar(*(p+1));
p += 2;
}
retval->bytes[len] = 0;
return retval;
}