Re: Hex URL to string
Re: Hex URL to string
- Subject: Re: Hex URL to string
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:12:17 -0700
On 5/7/01 12:48 PM, Ehsan Saffari <email@hidden> wrote:
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I am trying to decode a hexadecimal URL
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with Akua I tried this: (dechevronized)
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set x to <<data url
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6D61696C746F3A6170706C657363726970742D7573657273406C697374732E6170706C652E6
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36F6D>>
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encode x in string from hexadecimal--> returns incorrect result
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I also tried:
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set x to
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"6D61696C746F3A6170706C657363726970742D7573657273406C697374732E6170706C652E
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636F6D"
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encode x in string from hexadecimal--> returns incorrect result
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Is there any method to decode a hex url so I can get the correct result:
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"mailto:email@hidden";
I think the problem may be in your hex string; When I run this script,
global hexchars
set hexchars to "0123456789ABCDEF"
set output to ""
set x to
"66D61696C746F3A6170706C657363726970742D7573657273406C697374732E6170706C652
E636F6D"
--set x to
"4142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F606162636465
666768696A6B6C6D6E6F707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7F"
set iterations to (count of x) - 1
repeat with loop from 1 to iterations by 2
set hexnum to characters loop thru (loop + 1) of x
set decimalnum to computevalue(item 2 of hexnum) + (computevalue(item 1
of hexnum) * 16)
set ASCIIchar to the ASCII character of decimalnum
set output to output & ASCIIchar
end repeat
output
to computevalue(inputchar)
return (offset of inputchar in hexchars) - 1
end computevalue
--> "fwq+F[6W67&sBWW6W'4s7G2JRJ6"
However, if i comment out your hex string and replace it with the one
commented out above...
--> "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~"
And that's the correct result, showing that the script is accurate, but
your input is in error.
--Michelle
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