Function decodeHex

lib/core/convert.py:141–167

Returns a decoded representation of the provided hexadecimal value >>> decodeHex("313233") == b"123" True >>> decodeHex("313233", binary=False) == u"123" True

(value, binary=True)

    return json.loads(data)

def decodeHex(value, binary=True):
    """
    Returns a decoded representation of the provided hexadecimal value

    >>> decodeHex("313233") == b"123"
    True
    >>> decodeHex("313233", binary=False) == u"123"
    True
    """

    retVal = value

    if isinstance(value, six.binary_type):
        value = getText(value)

    if value.lower().startswith("0x"):
        value = value[2:]

    try:
        retVal = codecs.decode(value, "hex")
    except LookupError:
        retVal = binascii.unhexlify(value)

    if not binary:
        retVal = getText(retVal)

    return retVal

def encodeHex(value, binary=True):
    """