hex-util.el

;;; hex-util.el --- Functions to encode/decode hexadecimal string.

;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2001  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei@aqua.ocn.ne.jp>
;; Keywords: data

;; This file is part of FLIM (Faithful Library about Internet Message).

;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(eval-when-compile
  (defmacro hex-char-to-num (chr)
    `(let ((chr ,chr))
       (cond
        ((and (<= ?a chr)(<= chr ?f)) (+ (- chr ?a) 10))
        ((and (<= ?A chr)(<= chr ?F)) (+ (- chr ?A) 10))
        ((and (<= ?0 chr)(<= chr ?9)) (- chr ?0))
        (t (error "Invalid hexadecimal digit `%c'" chr)))))
  (defmacro num-to-hex-char (num)
    `(aref "0123456789abcdef" ,num)))

(defun decode-hex-string (string)
  "Decode hexadecimal STRING to octet string."
  (let* ((len (length string))
	 (dst (make-string (/ len 2) 0))
	 (idx 0)(pos 0))
    (while (< pos len)
;;; logior and lsh are not byte-coded.
;;;  (aset dst idx (logior (lsh (hex-char-to-num (aref string pos)) 4)
;;; 			    (hex-char-to-num (aref string (1+ pos)))))
      (aset dst idx (+ (* (hex-char-to-num (aref string pos)) 16)
		       (hex-char-to-num (aref string (1+ pos)))))
      (setq idx (1+ idx)
            pos (+ 2 pos)))
    dst))

(defun encode-hex-string (string)
  "Encode octet STRING to hexadecimal string."
  (let* ((len (length string))
	 (dst (make-string (* len 2) 0))
	 (idx 0)(pos 0))
    (while (< pos len)
;;; logand and lsh are not byte-coded.
;;;  (aset dst idx (num-to-hex-char (logand (lsh (aref string pos) -4) 15)))
      (aset dst idx (num-to-hex-char (/ (aref string pos) 16)))
      (setq idx (1+ idx))
;;;  (aset dst idx (num-to-hex-char (logand (aref string pos) 15)))
      (aset dst idx (num-to-hex-char (% (aref string pos) 16)))
      (setq idx (1+ idx)
            pos (1+ pos)))
    dst))

(provide 'hex-util)

;;; hex-util.el ends here