Parse hex string to int

📝 C

megan_benson · 3d ago

This code converts a hexadecimal string into an integer value.

#include <stdlib.h> int parsehex(const char hex) { return (int)strtol(hex, NULL, 16);
}

anthony 1d ago

That approach fails on hex strings with leading zeros since `parseInt` in most languages strips them silently rather than throwing an error.