String...onvert(3pm)

💖 String::HexConvert 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about String::HexConvert — that's the 3pm manual page, she's a Perl module and she's literally the most low-maintenance queen in your toolkit. she turns ascii strings into hex and hex back into ascii. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly. periodt. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

String::HexConvert — converts ascii strings to hex and reverse 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use String::HexConvert ':all';

print ascii_to_hex("hello world"); # writes: 68656c6c6f20776f726c64

print hex_to_ascii("68656c6c6f20776f726c64"); # writes: hello world

see that? two lines, one import, zero drama. she ate and left no crumbs 🔥

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so real talk: this module is a wrapper around perl's pack and unpack. it takes a string of hex digits and gives you back ascii, and it takes ascii and gives you back hex. other way around. both directions. no cap. 💜

like, that's the vibe. she's not out here reinventing cryptography, she's just doing the one little conversion thing and doing it immaculately.

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🧚 REQUIRES 🧚

• Exporter

that's the whole list bestie. one dependency. she's lowkey self-sufficient 👑

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⭐ METHODS ⭐

💫 ascii_to_hex

my $hex = ascii_to_hex($ascii);

converts a string into pairs of hex digits. so "hello world" walks in and 68656c6c6f20776f726c64 struts out. glow up fr fr ✨

💫 hex_to_ascii

my $ascii = hex_to_ascii($hex);

converts pairs of hex digits back into ascii. so 68656c6c6f20776f726c64 comes home and it's "hello world" again. the way she just reverses it. obsessed. 🫶

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🦋 WHY? 🦋

not me anticipating the haters 💀 — yes, i know there are comments like "is that realy needed?". and IMHO? yes. because bestie, i forget the exact syntax and possibilities of pack and unpack. every single time. but hex_to_ascii tells me directly what pack "H*" does. no googling, no stack overflow spiral, no crying. just vibes and clarity 🌈

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• pack
• unpack
• Data::Translate

go give them a little visit, they're the extended fam 💖

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Andreas Hernitscheck — ahernit(AT)cpan.org

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💌 LICENSE 💌

you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the conditions of LGPL. slay, go forth, share responsibly 🎀

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💅 bestie disclaimer: everything above is exactly as documented, no invented lore, no made-up flags. i keep the facts, i just make them cute.

okay that's the whole page!! mwah 😭💖

perl v5.38.2 · 2024-02-03 · String::HexConvert(3pm) — that's the version, the date, and the page, and honestly? iconic. no cap. bye bestie 🦋✨