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Re: decode hex string

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From $Bill <news@todbe.com>
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Subject Re: decode hex string
Date Thu, 4 Aug 2016 21:28:24 -0700
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On 08-04-16 17:19, Andrew Poulos wrote:
> I have some code I need to edit and the previous programmer has used variable names like _0x29aexe, _0x29aexf, _0x29aex10, _0x29aex11, _0x29aex12, _0x29aex13, _0x29aex14, _0x29aex15...
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> My guess was that it's hex with a leading underscore but when I convert I get "?)®?" and the like.
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> Did I convert it wrongly or did the person obfuscate the variable names even further?

There's no x in hex.  I'd just strip the _0x29ae off and use the rest.

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decode hex string Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-05 10:19 +1000
  Re: decode hex string $Bill <news@todbe.com> - 2016-08-04 21:28 -0700
  Re: decode hex string Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2016-08-05 06:44 +0200
  Re: decode hex string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-08-05 07:53 +0200
    Re: decode hex string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-08-05 08:06 +0200

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