Converting a hex string to a byte array

Question

What is the best way to convert a variable length hex string e.g. \"01A1\" to a byte array containing that data.

i.e converting this:

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Answer 1

You can use boost:

#include 

char bytes[60] = {0}; 
std::string hash = boost::algorithm::unhex(std::string("313233343536373839")); 
std::copy(hash.begin(), hash.end(), bytes);