http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:46:41 GMT DZone Snippets: ascii code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2073 // Presented with hex such as 0x12345abc perhaps there is a spot in there <br />// which represents an ascii char - such as 53 would be 'S' <br />// Common when dealing with hardware-related data structures and wire <br />// protocols <br /> <br /><code> <br />#include <stdio.h> <br />#include <stdlib.h> <br /> <br />/* <br />* To convert 53 to the character 'S': <br />* char returnVal = hexToString('5', '3'); <br />*/ <br />char hexToAscii(char first, char second) <br />{ <br /> char hex[5], *stop; <br /> hex[0] = '0'; <br /> hex[1] = 'x'; <br /> hex[2] = first; <br /> hex[3] = second; <br /> hex[4] = 0; <br /> return strtol(hex, &stop, 16); <br />} <br />int main(int argc, char* argv[]) <br />{ <br /> printf("%c\n", hexToAscii('5', '3')); <br />} <br /></code> <br />produces this output: <br />S Thu, 18 May 2006 20:37:52 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2073 ocorpening (Owen Corpening)