Hexadecimal to ASCII/UTF-8 text convertion

[paulverbeke]

What feature or new tool do you think should be added to DevToys?

The ability to convert hexadecimal to ASCII/UTF-8 text and vice-versa. Optionally accepts/auto-clean delimiters often used in hexadecimal strings representations.
ex:
37303538 --> 7058
37-30-35-38 --> 7058

Why do you think this is needed?

When working on hardware, NFC, and other devices, values are often transmitted as hexadecimal, and you always have to use an online converter like this to get the correct ASCII value.
For something as simple as this it's sad to have to use an online tool. The only way to have it local I found is to dev a script (python, C#, powershell, VS Code snippet).

Solution/Idea

In the "Number Base" convertor add a field at the end to display the ASCII representation of the hexadecimal value. the same way as this online tool does

I don't know if it could pose problem with the other number fields Decimal/Octal/Binary but based on that tool I would guess not ?

Otherwise we could add a totally new entry in the Encoders/Decoders section or in the Text section named "Hexa <> ASCII".

Comments

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