Function Name:
fromHex
Function Signature:
fromHex()
Return Value:
bytes
Overview:
- The class method fromHex() creates a bytes object from a string of hexadecimal digits.
- For the method to work correctly, two hexadecimal digits to be given for every byte in the string. Else it raises a ValueError stating “non-hexadecimal number found in fromhex() arg at position n”
Example:
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# Example Python program to create a bytes literal from # a string of hexadecimal values sampleBytes = bytes.fromhex("01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f"); print("bytes object created using fromhex():"); print(sampleBytes); |
Output:
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bytes object created using fromhex(): b'\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\t\n\x0b\x0c\r\x0e\x0f' |