How do you convert text to hexadecimal?

Question

I need to know how to convert a text string for example "hello" into hexadecimal. Please can someone tell me the steps needed to do this conversion in the simplest way possible.

Best answer goes to quickest reply that makes sense

Thank you

Answer 1

Well, first you'd have to assign numbers to all of the letters. Fortunately that has been done for you, it's called the ASCII table.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII



Then in order to turn the ASCII codes into Hex numbers, you can just use the calculator that comes with windows(Calc.exe)



Or you can just go to this website that does all of that for you:



http://www.swingnote.com/tools/texttohex.php

Answer 2

Text To Hexadecimal

Answer 3

Would that perhaps be a WEP key? Those aren't words. If you try to turn it into text, you get nonsense. WEP keys are not words ever, though some router utilities have some magic formula that turns words into hex codes. Most of the characters are either unprintable (for instance, the second character, hex 11, is "transmit on") or are not defined by ASCII, so which character it is depends on what computer you're using.