Added hexadecimal to base64 converter Python script

Author: devmgardner

Hex to Base64 Converter/Hex to Base64 Converter (commented).py

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+#49276d206b696c6c696e6720796f757220627261696e206c696b65206120706f69736f6e6f7573206d757368726f6f6d
+#SSdtIGtpbGxpbmcgeW91ciBicmFpbiBsaWtlIGEgcG9pc29ub3VzIG11c2hyb29t
+########https://base64.guru/converter/encode/hex;
+hexalph = """!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:'<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~"""
+hexdecalph = '0123456789abcdef'
+finalascii = """ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"""
+fname = 'NEWtestoutput.txt'
+fhand = open(fname, 'w')
+fhand.close()
+fhand = open(fname, 'r+')
+#
+#
+#
+#below starts the function
+def hextodec(hexstring) :
+    #initialize empty list to contain hex pairs
+    hexlist = []
+    #turn the input string into a list
+    hexinput = list(hexstring)
+    #loop through the list of characters and pair them up
+    while len(hexinput) > 0 :
+        #take first two characters, turn them into a string, assign them to a variable
+        hexpair = ''.join(hexinput[:2])
+        fhand.write(f'Parsed hex pair {hexpair}\n')
+        #add the hex pair to the list
+        hexlist.append(hexpair)
+        #remove the first two characters from the original input string list
+        hexinput = hexinput[2:]
+    fhand.write(f'List of parsed hex pairs is {hexlist}\n')
+    declist = []
+    #going through each pair, organizing, and converting to decimal
+    for pair in hexlist :
+        #turn the pair into a list and change to lowercase to match hex character list above
+        hextodecinput = list(pair.lower())
+        fhand.write(f'Lowercase pair list is {hextodecinput}\n')
+        #reverse the list to process from lowest priority to highest
+        hextodecinput.reverse()
+        fhand.write(f'Reversed list is {hextodecinput}\n')
+        total = 0
+        #loop through each character and convert from hexadecimal to decimal
+        for char in hextodecinput :
+            fhand.write(f'{hexdecalph.index(char)} is index of character in hexdecalph list\n')
+            fhand.write(f'{hextodecinput.index(char)} is index of character in input\n')
+            fhand.write(f'{16 ** hextodecinput.index(char)} is 16 to the power of the index of the character in the input\n')
+            fhand.write(f'---Equation will be {hexdecalph.index(char)} * {16 ** hextodecinput.index(char)}\n')
+            #do the actual hexadecimal conversion
+            total += ((hexdecalph.index(char)) * (16 ** hextodecinput.index(char)))
+            fhand.write(f'---Running total is {total}\n')
+        #turn total into a string and append to list
+        total = str(total)
+        fhand.write(f'{total} is decimal conversion\n')
+        declist.append(total)
+    fhand.write(f'{declist} is list of decimal conversions\n')
+    binlist = []
+    #loop through each decimal in the list to convert to final base64 ASCII characters
+    for dec in declist :
+        #convert to integer
+        dec2 = int(dec)
+        #convert to binary, padding with leading zeros if necessary for 8 total characters
+        decbin = f'{dec2:08b}'
+        decbin = list(decbin)
+        decbin = ''.join(decbin)
+        fhand.write(f'{decbin} is binary conversion of decimal\n')
+        binlist.append(decbin)
+    binlist = ''.join(binlist)
+    #to convert to base64, 6bit words are needed. this ensures the list is divisible by 6
+    if not len(binlist) % 6 == 0 :
+        binlist = list(binlist)
+        binlist.append('00')
+        binlist = ''.join(binlist)
+    if not len(binlist) % 6 == 0 :
+        binlist = list(binlist)
+        binlist.append('00')
+        binlist = ''.join(binlist)
+    sixbitlist = []
+    #loop through the list, separating bits out into words of 6
+    while len(binlist) > 0 :
+        binword = binlist[:6]
+        binlist = binlist[6:]
+        binword = ''.join(binword)
+        fhand.write(f'Parsed 6-bit word {binword}\n')
+        sixbitlist.append(binword)
+    finaldeclist = []
+    #loop through each 6-bit word in list, converting to decimal
+    for item in sixbitlist :
+        #convert the word to integer in base2
+        newdec = int(item, 2)
+        newdec = str(newdec)
+        fhand.write(f'{newdec} is decimal conversion of 6-bit word {item}\n')
+        finaldeclist.append(newdec)
+    finalcharlist = []
+    #loop through list of decimal conversions, converting to ASCII using the base64 conversion table
+    for item in finaldeclist :
+        finalchar = int(item)
+        finalchar = finalascii[finalchar]
+        finalchar = str(finalchar)
+        fhand.write(f'{item} is decimal in list to convert using base64 table\n')
+        fhand.write(f'{finalchar} is final character in base64 list using decimal conversion of 6-bit binary word as index\n')
+        finalcharlist.append(finalchar)
+    finalword = ''.join(finalcharlist)
+    finalword = list(finalword)
+    #base64 strings are divisible by 4, so the following three lines ensure that the string is padded with ending '=' if necessary
+    if not len(finalword) % 4 == 0 :
+        finalword.append('=')
+    if not len(finalword) % 4 == 0 :
+        finalword.append('=')
+    if not len(finalword) % 4 == 0 :
+        finalword.append('=')
+    finalword = ''.join(finalword)
+    fhand.write(f'{finalword} is base64 conversion of {hexstring}\n')
+    return finalword
+print(hextodec(input('')))

Hex to Base64 Converter/Hex to Base64 Converter (condensed).py

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+import os,sys
+currentdir=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+parentdir=os.path.dirname(currentdir)
+sys.path.append(parentdir)
+hda='0123456789abcdef';b64t="""ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"""
+fn=f'{currentdir}/log.txt';fh=open(fn,'w');fh.close();fh=open(fn,'r+')
+def hextodec(s):
+    l,h=[],list(s)
+    while len(h)>0:
+        hp=''.join(h[:2]);fh.write(f'Parsed hex pair {hp}\n')
+        l.append(hp);h=h[2:]
+    fh.write(f'----List of parsed hex pairs is {l}\n')
+    dl=[]
+    for p in l:
+        dcp=list(p.lower())
+        fh.write(f'\tLowercase pair list is {dcp}\n')
+        dcp.reverse()
+        fh.write(f'\tReversed list is {dcp}\n')
+        t=0
+        for c in dcp:
+            fh.write(f'\t\t{hda.index(c)} is index of character in hda list\n')
+            fh.write(f'\t\t{dcp.index(c)} is index of character in input\n')
+            fh.write(f'\t----{16**dcp.index(c)} is 16 to the power of the index of the character in the input\n')
+            fh.write(f'----Equation will be {hda.index(c)}*{16**dcp.index(c)}\n')
+            t+=((hda.index(c))*(16**dcp.index(c)))
+            fh.write(f'----Running total is {t}\n')
+        t=str(t)
+        fh.write(f'\t\t----{t} is decimal conversion\n')
+        dl.append(t)
+    fh.write(f'____{dl} is list of decimal conversions\n')
+    bl=[]
+    for n in dl:
+        bc=''.join(list(f'{int(n):08b}'))
+        fh.write(f'{bc} is binary conversion of decimal\n')
+        bl.append(bc)
+    bl=''.join(bl)
+    for i in range(2):
+        if not len(bl)%6==0:
+            bl=list(bl)
+            bl.append('00')
+            bl=''.join(bl)
+    sb=[]
+    while len(bl)>0:
+        w,bl=bl[:6],bl[6:]
+        w=''.join(w)
+        fh.write(f'-Parsed 6-bit word {w}\n')
+        sb.append(w)
+    fdl=[]
+    for i in sb:
+        fd=str(int(i,2))
+        fh.write(f'{fd}\tis decimal conversion of 6-bit word {i}\n')
+        fdl.append(fd)
+    fl=[]
+    for i in fdl:
+        c=str(b64t[int(i)])
+        fh.write(f'\t{i} is decimal in list to convert using base64 table\n')
+        fh.write(f'\t----{c} is final character in base64 list using decimal conversion of 6-bit binary word as index\n')
+        fl.append(c)
+    fw=list(''.join(fl))
+    for i in range(3):
+        if not len(fw)%4==0:fw.append('=')
+    fw=''.join(fw)
+    fh.write(f'{fw} is base64 conversion of {s}\n')
+    return fw
+print(hextodec(input('')))