Check if a string is hexadecimal

Question

I know the easiest way is using a regular expression, but I wonder if there are other ways to do this check.

Why do I need this? I am writing a Python script that re

Answer 1

Another option:

def is_hex(s):
    hex_digits = set("0123456789abcdef")
    for char in s:
        if not (char in hex_digits):
            return False
    return True