hex2bin

Synopsis

int hex2bin(
void * bin,
const char * hex,
unsigned maxLen ); 

Description

Used to convert ASCII HEX strings to binary data.

The function ignores white space in 'hex' and converts pairs of HEX characters into their equivalent binary representation.

Example:

Input – 
hex = "41424300" 
maxLen = 4 

Output -
bin[4] = "ABC" 

Parameters

bin Output	A buffer to receive the binary data
hex Input	A string of ASCII HEX characters to be converted
maxLen Input	The maximum number of characters that 'bin' can hold