TheAlgorithms-Python/ciphers/base16.py at master · windNight/TheAlgorithms-Python · GitHub

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import base64

def encode_to_b16(inp: str) -> bytes:

"""

Encodes a given utf-8 string into base-16.

>>> encode_to_b16('Hello World!')

b'48656C6C6F20576F726C6421'

>>> encode_to_b16('HELLO WORLD!')

b'48454C4C4F20574F524C4421'

>>> encode_to_b16('')

b''

"""

encoded = inp.encode("utf-8") # encoded the input (we need a bytes like object)

b16encoded = base64.b16encode(encoded) # b16encoded the encoded string

return b16encoded

if __name__ == "__main__":

import doctest

doctest.testmod()

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