well,
i'm kinda stuck.. i've done those things before, and for some reason, they
won't work here..
i'm trying to convert an MD5 digest from std.md5 (ubyte[16]) into a string
(char[])
i need it for internal usage, so using printDigest is useless for me, unless
there is a way i can print it into a string..
i tired (fuitily i must say) several ways of converting the bytes into
chars,
none worked.

does anyone have any code for that, or some tips for me ?

Cheers,
Asaf

"Asaf Karagila" <kas1@netvision.net.il> wrote in message news:ck9s27$1b4a$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> well,
> i'm kinda stuck.. i've done those things before, and for some reason, they
> won't work here..
> i'm trying to convert an MD5 digest from std.md5 (ubyte[16]) into a string
> (char[])
> i need it for internal usage, so using printDigest is useless for me,
unless
> there is a way i can print it into a string..
> i tired (fuitily i must say) several ways of converting the bytes into
> chars,
> none worked.
>
> does anyone have any code for that, or some tips for me ?
>
> Cheers,
> Asaf
>
>

do you mean something like:

import std.string;
import std.stdio;
ubyte[] x = [10, 20, 30];
int main() {
  char[] y;
  foreach(ubyte n;x)
    y ~= toString(n) ~ " ";
  writefln(y);
  return 0;
}

"Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle@mathworks.com> wrote in message news:cka2o8$1ep3$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Asaf Karagila" <kas1@netvision.net.il> wrote in message news:ck9s27$1b4a$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> well,
>> i'm kinda stuck.. i've done those things before, and for some reason,
>> they
>> won't work here..
>> i'm trying to convert an MD5 digest from std.md5 (ubyte[16]) into a
>> string
>> (char[])
>> i need it for internal usage, so using printDigest is useless for me,
> unless
>> there is a way i can print it into a string..
>> i tired (fuitily i must say) several ways of converting the bytes into
>> chars,
>> none worked.
>>
>> does anyone have any code for that, or some tips for me ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Asaf
>>
>>
>
> do you mean something like:
>
> import std.string;
> import std.stdio;
> ubyte[] x = [10, 20, 30];
> int main() {
>  char[] y;
>  foreach(ubyte n;x)
>    y ~= toString(n) ~ " ";
>  writefln(y);
>  return 0;
> }
>
>

thats a cool routine, but its not exactly what i am looking for,
it gives out a decimal output, what i need is actually a 128bit hex number
output..

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 01:26:51 +0200, Asaf Karagila <kas1@netvision.net.il> wrote:
> well,
> i'm kinda stuck.. i've done those things before, and for some reason, they
> won't work here..
> i'm trying to convert an MD5 digest from std.md5 (ubyte[16]) into a string
> (char[])
> i need it for internal usage, so using printDigest is useless for me, unless
> there is a way i can print it into a string..
> i tired (fuitily i must say) several ways of converting the bytes into
> chars,
> none worked.
>
> does anyone have any code for that, or some tips for me ?

Try this...

template hexStringT(T)
{
	char[] hexStringT(T d)
	{
		char[] result;

		if (d.length != 0) {
			typeof(d[0]) u;
			uint sz = u.sizeof*2;
			uint ndigits = 0;

			result = new char[sz*d.length];
			for(int i = d.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {			
				u = d[i];
				for(; u; u /= 16) {
					result[result.length-1-ndigits] = hexdigits[u & 15];
					ndigits++;
				}
				for(; ndigits < (d.length-i)*sz; ndigits++)
					result[result.length-1-ndigits] = '0';
			}
		}

		return result;
	}
}

char[] toHexString(ubyte[] array)
{
	return hexStringT!(typeof(array))(array);
}

char[] toHexString(ulong[] array)
{
	return hexStringT!(typeof(array))(array);
}

char[] toHexString(uint[] array)
{
	return hexStringT!(typeof(array))(array);
}

The above code is from my library of hashing routines in the Deimos library which you can find here:

http://www.dsource.org/projects/deimos/

Deimos is an open source library to which anyone can contribute. You can use the "Browse SVN Repository for Deimos" link to have a look at the other source files, the hashing routines are here:

http://svn.dsource.org/svn/projects/deimos/trunk/etc/crypto/hash/

Regan

-- 
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

thanks for the code,
its a bit over my level at the moment, and i don't like using code i can't
understand..
so i'm not sure if i'll use it,
as well, i managed to sort something out.. its almost perfect as well..

foreach(ubyte u;array)
     myString ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);

it gives me out a pretty good result, only its sticking a 'b' on the end, i
don't know why..
anyone got a clue about that ?

Cheers,
Asaf

Asaf Karagila wrote:
> thanks for the code,
> its a bit over my level at the moment, and i don't like using code i can't understand..
> so i'm not sure if i'll use it,
> as well, i managed to sort something out.. its almost perfect as well..
> 
> foreach(ubyte u;array)
>      myString ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
> 
> it gives me out a pretty good result, only its sticking a 'b' on the end, i don't know why..
> anyone got a clue about that ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Asaf 
> 
> 

I don't quite see what the problem is. If I run the following code:

import std.stdio;
import std.string;

int main (char[][] args) {

	char[] s;
	const static ubyte[] array = [
            0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7,
	    0x8, 0x9, 0xA, 0xB, 0xC, 0xD, 0xE, 0xF
        ];
	foreach(ubyte u; array) {
		s ~= format("%2X", u);
	}
	
	writefln(s); // writes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
	
    return 0;
}

It does print the values as it is supposed to do

Regards,
Sjoerd

"Sjoerd van Leent" <svanleent@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:ckdp2m$15id$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Asaf Karagila wrote:
>> thanks for the code,
>> its a bit over my level at the moment, and i don't like using code i
>> can't understand..
>> so i'm not sure if i'll use it,
>> as well, i managed to sort something out.. its almost perfect as well..
>>
>> foreach(ubyte u;array)
>>      myString ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
>>
>> it gives me out a pretty good result, only its sticking a 'b' on the end,
>> i don't know why..
>> anyone got a clue about that ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Asaf
>
> I don't quite see what the problem is. If I run the following code:
>
> import std.stdio;
> import std.string;
>
> int main (char[][] args) {
>
> char[] s;
> const static ubyte[] array = [
>             0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7,
>     0x8, 0x9, 0xA, 0xB, 0xC, 0xD, 0xE, 0xF
>         ];
> foreach(ubyte u; array) {
> s ~= format("%2X", u);
> }
>
> writefln(s); // writes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
>
>     return 0;
> }
>
> It does print the values as it is supposed to do
>
> Regards,
> Sjoerd

yeah, it doesn't look flawed either, so maybe the buffer allocated for the
char[] i have is already used ?
if so, is there a way to initialize the array to be clear, and to clean the
memory its using ?

Cheers,
Asaf

Asaf Karagila wrote:
> "Sjoerd van Leent" <svanleent@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:ckdp2m$15id$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> 
>>Asaf Karagila wrote:
>>
>>>thanks for the code,
>>>its a bit over my level at the moment, and i don't like using code i can't understand..
>>>so i'm not sure if i'll use it,
>>>as well, i managed to sort something out.. its almost perfect as well..
>>>
>>>foreach(ubyte u;array)
>>>     myString ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
>>>
>>>it gives me out a pretty good result, only its sticking a 'b' on the end, i don't know why..
>>>anyone got a clue about that ?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Asaf
>>
>>I don't quite see what the problem is. If I run the following code:
>>
>>import std.stdio;
>>import std.string;
>>
>>int main (char[][] args) {
>>
>>char[] s;
>>const static ubyte[] array = [
>>            0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7,
>>    0x8, 0x9, 0xA, 0xB, 0xC, 0xD, 0xE, 0xF
>>        ];
>>foreach(ubyte u; array) {
>>s ~= format("%2X", u);
>>}
>>
>>writefln(s); // writes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
>>
>>    return 0;
>>}
>>
>>It does print the values as it is supposed to do
>>
>>Regards,
>>Sjoerd
> 
> 
> yeah, it doesn't look flawed either, so maybe the buffer allocated for the char[] i have is already used ?
> if so, is there a way to initialize the array to be clear, and to clean the memory its using ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Asaf 
> 
> 

Initialize the array to an empty array. This could be done  using an empty array or using the init property of the current array:

char[] s;
s = s.init;

this should work as expected.

Regards,
Sjoerd

"Sjoerd van Leent" <svanleent@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:ckebb5$1mkb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Asaf Karagila wrote:
>> "Sjoerd van Leent" <svanleent@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:ckdp2m$15id$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>>Asaf Karagila wrote:
>>>
>>>>thanks for the code,
>>>>its a bit over my level at the moment, and i don't like using code i
>>>>can't understand..
>>>>so i'm not sure if i'll use it,
>>>>as well, i managed to sort something out.. its almost perfect as well..
>>>>
>>>>foreach(ubyte u;array)
>>>>     myString ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
>>>>
>>>>it gives me out a pretty good result, only its sticking a 'b' on the
>>>>end, i don't know why..
>>>>anyone got a clue about that ?
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Asaf
>>>
>>>I don't quite see what the problem is. If I run the following code:
>>>
>>>import std.stdio;
>>>import std.string;
>>>
>>>int main (char[][] args) {
>>>
>>>char[] s;
>>>const static ubyte[] array = [
>>>            0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7,
>>>    0x8, 0x9, 0xA, 0xB, 0xC, 0xD, 0xE, 0xF
>>>        ];
>>>foreach(ubyte u; array) {
>>>s ~= format("%2X", u);
>>>}
>>>
>>>writefln(s); // writes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
>>>
>>>    return 0;
>>>}
>>>
>>>It does print the values as it is supposed to do
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Sjoerd
>>
>>
>> yeah, it doesn't look flawed either, so maybe the buffer allocated for
>> the char[] i have is already used ?
>> if so, is there a way to initialize the array to be clear, and to clean
>> the memory its using ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Asaf
>
> Initialize the array to an empty array. This could be done  using an empty array or using the init property of the current array:
>
> char[] s;
> s = s.init;
>
> this should work as expected.
>
> Regards,
> Sjoerd
>

    char[] MD5;
    MD5.init;
    foreach(ubyte u;di)
        MD5 ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
    printf(MD5);

the output is :
"9ADD3AF83DD9DAAA75BDF5CE4E476CBCb"
i don't know where does this 'b' is coming from, and i would like to remove
it..
weird.

Cheers,
Asaf

Asaf Karagila wrote:
> "Sjoerd van Leent" <svanleent@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:ckebb5$1mkb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> 
>>Asaf Karagila wrote:
>>
>>>"Sjoerd van Leent" <svanleent@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:ckdp2m$15id$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Asaf Karagila wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>thanks for the code,
>>>>>its a bit over my level at the moment, and i don't like using code i can't understand..
>>>>>so i'm not sure if i'll use it,
>>>>>as well, i managed to sort something out.. its almost perfect as well..
>>>>>
>>>>>foreach(ubyte u;array)
>>>>>    myString ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
>>>>>
>>>>>it gives me out a pretty good result, only its sticking a 'b' on the end, i don't know why..
>>>>>anyone got a clue about that ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>Asaf
>>>>
>>>>I don't quite see what the problem is. If I run the following code:
>>>>
>>>>import std.stdio;
>>>>import std.string;
>>>>
>>>>int main (char[][] args) {
>>>>
>>>>char[] s;
>>>>const static ubyte[] array = [
>>>>           0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7,
>>>>   0x8, 0x9, 0xA, 0xB, 0xC, 0xD, 0xE, 0xF
>>>>       ];
>>>>foreach(ubyte u; array) {
>>>>s ~= format("%2X", u);
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>>writefln(s); // writes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
>>>>
>>>>   return 0;
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>>It does print the values as it is supposed to do
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Sjoerd
>>>
>>>
>>>yeah, it doesn't look flawed either, so maybe the buffer allocated for the char[] i have is already used ?
>>>if so, is there a way to initialize the array to be clear, and to clean the memory its using ?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Asaf
>>
>>Initialize the array to an empty array. This could be done  using an empty array or using the init property of the current array:
>>
>>char[] s;
>>s = s.init;
>>
>>this should work as expected.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Sjoerd
>>
> 
> 
>     char[] MD5;
>     MD5.init;
>     foreach(ubyte u;di)
>         MD5 ~= std.string.format("%2X",u);
>     printf(MD5);
> 
> the output is :
> "9ADD3AF83DD9DAAA75BDF5CE4E476CBCb"
> i don't know where does this 'b' is coming from, and i would like to remove it..
> weird.

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