Lua

Decode utf-8 Hex to a String

Converts a hex-encoded utf-8 bytes to a string. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local sb = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()

-- Append the hex.  The hex can be uppercase hex or lowercase hex, it doesn't matter.
local success = sb:append("D79ED795D7A6D7A8")

-- Notice the above string contains Hebrew chars using the utf-8 byte representation.
-- See https://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/codetables/BasicHebrew.html
-- For example:  D79E is the HEBREW LETTER MEM

-- Therefore, when we decode to binary bytes, we must interpret the bytes as utf-8
-- to get characters.

-- Tell Chilkat to URL decode like this:
success = sb:decode("hex", "utf-8")

-- sb now contains the decoded string.
print(sb:get_as_string())