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+/*
+   "misc_string_conv.h"
+
+   created by: grayspace aka J. Leveille
+   for: UbixOS Project
+   date: July 7, 2002
+
+   purpose: functions/macro for dealing with misc string conversion
+
+   $Id$
+*/
+
+#ifndef _MISC_STRING_CONV_H
+#define _MISC_STRING_CONV_H
+
+extern const char a_hexvals[];
+
+/* gets a hex value specified by a byte into a string
+   but does *not* null terminate                      */
+#define HEX_GETSTRING_BYTE_NONULL( p_dst_str, hexval_byte )\
+         (p_dst_str)[0] = a_hexvals[((hexval_byte)>>4)];\
+         (p_dst_str)[1] = a_hexvals[((hexval_byte)&0x0F)]
+
+/* gets a hex value specified by a byte into a string */
+#define HEX_GETSTRING_BYTE( p_dst_str, hexval_byte )\
+         HEX_GETSTRING_BYTE_NONULL( p_dst_str, hexval_byte );\
+         (p_dst_str)[2] = 0
+
+#endif // _MISC_STRING_CONV_H
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