HISP/Horse Isle Server/Horse Isle Server/Converters.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Horse_Isle_Server
{
    class Converters
    {
        // Thanks Stackoverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/321370/how-can-i-convert-a-hex-string-to-a-byte-array)
        private static int getHexVal(char hex)
        {
            int val = (int)hex;
            //For uppercase A-F letters:
            //return val - (val < 58 ? 48 : 55);
            //For lowercase a-f letters:
            //return val - (val < 58 ? 48 : 87);
            //Or the two combined, but a bit slower:
            return val - (val < 58 ? 48 : (val < 97 ? 55 : 87));
        }
        public static byte[] StringToByteArray(string hex)
        {
            if (hex.Length % 2 == 1)
                throw new ArgumentException("The binary key cannot have an odd number of digits");

            byte[] arr = new byte[hex.Length >> 1];

            for (int i = 0; i < hex.Length >> 1; ++i)
            {
                arr[i] = (byte)((getHexVal(hex[i << 1]) << 4) + (getHexVal(hex[(i << 1) + 1])));
            }

            return arr;
        }

    }
}