Hex convertion to string in C#

Hex convertion to string in C#

• Alexandre Luzes

  Yes, well I have it working, if a little longwindedly!! here is the code

  private string HexAsciiConvert(string hex)

  {

  StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

  for (int i = 0; i <= hex.Length - 2; i += 2)

  {

  sb.Append(Convert.ToString(Convert.ToChar(Int32.Parse(hex.Substring(i, 2),

  System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber))));

  }

  return sb.ToString();

  }

  However, I am sure that there must be a simpler way than a double conversion!

  
  

• UI Freak

  I don't know if there is a better way to do it, but I would use Int32.Parse(string, NumberStyle.HexNumber) to convert each two characters to the equivalent ascii code, from which you can build the new string.
  

• dcarlson

  Yes I suppose so. It's just so irritating that, with so much work that has supposedly gone into VS2005 C#, they can't even provide a simple conversion like this in a single shot. I'm sure that I can't be the only person in the world that needs to get the ascii equivalent to a hex string. It used to be so easy in VB!!!

  Thanks for all the help anyway.

  
  

• Alan Chua

  I doubt it, because conceptually you need to do a "double conversion". If the framework provided a method for this, that method would essentially have to perform the same steps.
  

• kosar1349

  Sounds good to me. I'll give it a try
  
• Hex convertion to string in C#