C++ converting a mac id string into an array of uint8_t

Question

I want to read a mac id from command line and convert it to an array of uint8_t values to use it in a struct. I can not get it to work. I have a vector of stri

Answer 1

I think you are using the std::hex in the wrong place:

#include 
#include 

int main()
{
    std::string     h("a5");
    std::stringstream   s(h);
    int x;

    s >> std::hex >> x;
    std::cout << "X(" << x << ")\n";
}