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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: Converting a hex string to its actual character
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:53:30 +0100
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Heinrich Wolf schrieb:

> basically for 8 bit char encoding you do it right. But I guess, for 
> multiple doing it and for longer strings you use a function and a loop.

Right.

> Furthermore there are several possible char encodings like widechar, 
> UTF8 or UTF16.

That depends on the encoding function, which must be known. For every 
encoding an according encoder and decoder must be implemented.

DoDi