Private/Convert-ByteArrayToHex.ps1
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Function Convert-ByteArrayToHex { <# .SYNOPSIS Converts a byte array into its hexadecimal string representation .DESCRIPTION Apteco PS Modules - Transform bytes into hexadecimal string (e.g. for hash values) So e.g. if you create a byte array $bytes = [System.Text.encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes("Hello World") and call Convert-ByteArrayToHex -ByteArray $bytes you get the hexadecimal string representation like 48656c6c6f20576f726c64 .PARAMETER ByteArray Byte array as an input for this function .EXAMPLE Convert-ByteArrayToHex -ByteArray @(72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100) .INPUTS Byte[] .OUTPUTS String .NOTES Author: florian.von.bracht@apteco.de #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][Byte[]]$ByteArray ) Process { # Create StringBuilder $stringBuilder = [System.Text.StringBuilder]::new($ByteArray.Length * 2) # Format bytes $ByteArray | ForEach-Object { [void]$stringBuilder.Append($_.ToString("x2")) #$stringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0:x2}", $_) | Out-Null # Alternative } # Return return $stringBuilder.ToString() } } |