What is idiomatic way to convert standard hexadecimal string (like "0x0123") to BigInteger in C#?
What I tried requires removing the hex prefix manually:
using System;
using System.Numerics;
using System.Globalization;
namespace TestHex
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
BigInteger A;
// it does not work
// A = BigInteger.Parse("0x0123");
// it works, but without hex prefix
A = BigInteger.Parse("123", NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier);
Console.WriteLine(A);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
According to the MSDN documentation, the idiom is to only accept hexadecimal strings without 0x
as input, but then to lie to the user by outputting them prefixed with 0x
:
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
string[] hexStrings = { "80", "E293", "F9A2FF", "FFFFFFFF",
"080", "0E293", "0F9A2FF", "0FFFFFFFF",
"0080", "00E293", "00F9A2FF", "00FFFFFFFF" };
foreach (string hexString in hexStrings)
{
BigInteger number = BigInteger.Parse(
hexString,
NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier);
Console.WriteLine("Converted 0x{0} to {1}.", hexString, number);
}
}
}
// The example displays the following output:
// Converted 0x80 to -128.
// Converted 0xE293 to -7533.
// Converted 0xF9A2FF to -417025.
// Converted 0xFFFFFFFF to -1.
// Converted 0x080 to 128.
// Converted 0x0E293 to 58003.
// Converted 0x0F9A2FF to 16360191.
// Converted 0x0FFFFFFFF to 4294967295.
// Converted 0x0080 to 128.
// Converted 0x00E293 to 58003.
// Converted 0x00F9A2FF to 16360191.
// Converted 0x00FFFFFFFF to 4294967295.
That's a really rubbish idiom. I'd invent your own idiom that fits your use case.