NAME

       String::HexConvert - Converts ascii strings to hex and reverse

SYNOPSIS

        use String::HexConvert ':all';

        print ascii_to_hex("hello world"); # writes: 68656c6c6f20776f726c64

        print hex_to_ascii("68656c6c6f20776f726c64"); # writes: hello world

DESCRIPTION

       It is a wrapper around pack and unpack of perl to convert a string of hex digits to ascii
       and other way around.

REQUIRES

       Exporter

METHODS

   ascii_to_hex
        my $hex = ascii_to_hex($ascii);

       Converts a string to pairs of hex digits

   hex_to_ascii
        my $ascii = hex_to_ascii($hex);

       Converts pairs of hex digits to asci

WHY?

       In know the comments like "is that realy needed?". IMHO yes, because I forget the exact
       syntax and possibilities of pack and unpack but hex_to_ascii tells me directly what pack
       "H*" does.

SEE ALSO

       pack, unpack, Data::Translate

AUTHOR

       Andreas Hernitscheck  ahernit(AT)cpan.org

LICENSE

       You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the conditions of LGPL.