Convert integer to hexadecimal and back again

Question

How can I convert the following?

2934 (integer) to B76 (hex)

Let me explain what I am trying to do. I have User IDs in my database that are stored as inte

Answer 1

I created my own solution for converting int to Hex string and back before I found this answer. Not surprisingly, it's considerably faster than the .net solution since there's less code overhead.

        /// 

        /// Convert an integer to a string of hexidecimal numbers.
        /// 
        /// The int to convert to Hex representation
        /// number of digits in the hex string. Pads with leading zeros.
        /// 
        private static String IntToHexString(int n, int len)
        {
            char[] ch = new char[len--];
            for (int i = len; i >= 0; i--)
            {
                ch[len - i] = ByteToHexChar((byte)((uint)(n >> 4 * i) & 15));
            }
            return new String(ch);
        }

        /// 

        /// Convert a byte to a hexidecimal char
        /// 
        /// 
        /// 
        private static char ByteToHexChar(byte b)
        {
            if (b < 0 || b > 15)
                throw new Exception("IntToHexChar: input out of range for Hex value");
            return b < 10 ? (char)(b + 48) : (char)(b + 55);
        }

        /// 

        /// Convert a hexidecimal string to an base 10 integer
        /// 
        /// 
        /// 
        private static int HexStringToInt(String str)
        {
            int value = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
            {
                value += HexCharToInt(str[i]) << ((str.Length - 1 - i) * 4);
            }
            return value;
        }

        /// 

        /// Convert a hex char to it an integer.
        /// 
        /// 
        /// 
        private static int HexCharToInt(char ch)
        {
            if (ch < 48 || (ch > 57 && ch < 65) || ch > 70)
                throw new Exception("HexCharToInt: input out of range for Hex value");
            return (ch < 58) ? ch - 48 : ch - 55;
        }

Timing code:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int num = 3500;
            long start = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
            for (int i = 0; i < 2000000; i++)
                if (num != HexStringToInt(IntToHexString(num, 3)))
                    Console.WriteLine(num + " = " + HexStringToInt(IntToHexString(num, 3)));
            long end = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
            Console.WriteLine(((double)end - (double)start)/(double)System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.Frequency);

            for (int i = 0; i < 2000000; i++)
                if (num != Convert.ToInt32(num.ToString("X3"), 16))
                    Console.WriteLine(i);
            end = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
            Console.WriteLine(((double)end - (double)start)/(double)System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.Frequency);
            Console.ReadLine(); 
        }

Results:

Digits : MyCode : .Net
1 : 0.21 : 0.45
2 : 0.31 : 0.56
4 : 0.51 : 0.78
6 : 0.70 : 1.02
8 : 0.90 : 1.25