Function StringToBytes

lib/util.go:543–553

StringToBytes() converts a hexadecimal string back into a byte slice

(s string)

// StringToBytes() converts a hexadecimal string back into a byte slice
func StringToBytes(s string) ([]byte, ErrorI) {
	// decode the hex string into bytes
	b, err := hex.DecodeString(s)
	// if an error occurred during the decode
	if err != nil {
		// exit with error
		return nil, ErrStringToBytes(err)
	}
	// exit with bytes
	return b, nil
}

// BytesToTruncatedString() converts a byte slice to a truncated hexadecimal string
func BytesToTruncatedString(b []byte) string {