CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Counterpart to HexToString - converts an ASCII string to hexadecimal.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>#stringToHex("hello")#</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Counterpart to HexToString - converts an ASCII string to hexadecimal.
 * 
 * @param str      String to convert to hex. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Chris Dary (umbrae@gmail.com) 
 * @version 1, May 8, 2006 
 */
function stringToHex(str) {
    var hex = "";
    var i = 0;
    for(i=1;i lte len(str);i=i+1) {
        hex = hex & right("0" & formatBaseN(asc(mid(str,i,1)),16),2);
    }
    return hex;
}