NAME

       scan_hexdump - decode hexdump data

SYNTAX

       #include <libowfat/textcode.h>

       size_t scan_hexdump(const char *src,char *dest,size_t* destlen);

DESCRIPTION

       scan_hexdump decodes hexdump data from src into dest.  It will stop when it encounters any
       invalid input characters.  It will then write the number of decoded  bytes  in  dest  into
       *destlen, and return the number of bytes decoded from src.

       Note  that real world hexdump data is sometimes permitted to contain whitespace characters
       or new lines. This function will not allow those and return the decoded data until then.

       dest can be NULL. destlen can be NULL. dest can be src.

RETURN VALUE

       scan_hexdump returns the number of bytes successfully scanned and processed from src.

EXAMPLES

       scan_hexdump("302e",buf,&i) -> return 4, i=2, buf="0."

SEE ALSO

       scan_xlong(3), scan_8long(3), fmt_ulong(3)

                                                                                  scan_hexdump(3)