#define bufferSize 10
int main() {
unsigned char buffer[bufferSize]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
char converted[bufferSize*2 + 1];
int i;
for(i=0;i<bufferSize;i++) {
sprintf(&converted[i*2], "%02X", buffer[i]);
/* equivalent using snprintf, notice len field keeps reducing
with each pass, to prevent overruns
snprintf(&converted[i*2], sizeof(converted)-(i*2),"%02X", buffer[i]);
*/
}
printf("%s\n", converted);
return 0;
}
Which outputs:
0102030405060708090A
typedef unsigned char octet_t;
#define MAX_PRINT_STRING_LEN 1024;
char bit_string[MAX_PRINT_STRING_LEN];
octet_t nibble_to_hex_char(octet_t nibble) {
char buf[16] = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
'8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' };
return buf[nibble & 0xF];
}
char *
octet_string_hex_string(const void *s, int length) {
const octet_t *str = s;
int i;
/* double length, since one octet takes two hex characters */
length *= 2;
/* truncate string if it would be too long */
if (length > MAX_PRINT_STRING_LEN)
length = MAX_PRINT_STRING_LEN-1;
for (i=0; i < length; i+=2) {
bit_string[i] = nibble_to_hex_char(*str >> 4);
bit_string[i+1] = nibble_to_hex_char(*str++ & 0xF);
}
bit_string[i] = 0; /* null terminate string */
return bit_string;
}