I2OSP (x, xLen)
Input:
x nonnegative integer to be converted
xLen intended length of the resulting octet string
Output:
X corresponding octet string of length xLen
Error: "integer too large"
Steps:
1. If x >= 256^xLen, output "integer too large" and stop.
2. Write the integer x in its unique xLen-digit representation in base 256:
x = x_(xLen-1) 256^(xLen-1) + x_(xLen-2) 256^(xLen-2) + ...+ x_1 256 + x_0,
where 0 <= x_i < 256 (note that one or more leading digits will be zero if x is less than 256^(xLen-1)).
3. Let the octet X_i have the integer value x_(xLen-i) for 1 <= i <= xLen. Output the octet string X = X_1 X_2 ... X_xLen.
2, 相反 OS2IP 则是将一八位串转换为一非负整数,它的描述如下(RFC3447):
OS2IP (X)
Input:
X octet string to be converted
Output:
x corresponding nonnegative integer
Steps:
1. Let X_1 X_2 ... X_xLen be the octets of X from first to last, and let x_(xLen-i) be the integer value of the octet X_i for 1 <= i <= xLen.
2. Let x = x_(xLen-1) 256^(xLen-1) + x_(xLen-2) 256^(xLen-2) + ...+ x_1 256 + x_0.
3. Output x.