RE: Decoder
- Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> Jul 31, 2004
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Alex Blanchette wrote: > YES!!! Finally somebody understood my question properly! That helps a lot > except the code is ASCII code so it doesn't include letters. Thank you! > Finally, > I wanted to smash my computer into the wall because I couldn't figure it out. > > Thy name is but a short lived word, > Thy life is a forever ending story... > Well, actually it is ASCII code... in hexadecimal format. 48656C6C6F20576F726C64 is "Hello World". Decoding a string in decimal would require 3 numbers per letter instead of just two hexidecimal numbers. I'll upload my version of ascii.ex to the archives. It's easier to read and lets you switch from decimal to hex. -- Brian