11-25-2022, 11:54 AM
Easiest Way to Convert List of Hex Strings to List of Integers
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<h2>Easiest Answer</h2>
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<p class="has-base-background-color has-background">The easiest way to convert a list of hex strings to a list of integers in Python is the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/list-comprehension/" data-type="post" data-id="1171" target="_blank">list comprehension</a> statement <code>[int(x, 16) for x in my_list]</code> that applies the built-in function <code><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/python-int-function/" data-type="post" data-id="22715" target="_blank">int()</a></code> to convert each hex string to an integer using the hexadecimal base <code>16</code>, and repeats this for each hex string <code>x</code> in the original list.</p>
<p>Here’s a minimal example:</p>
<pre class="EnlighterJSRAW" data-enlighter-language="python" data-enlighter-theme="" data-enlighter-highlight="2" data-enlighter-linenumbers="" data-enlighter-lineoffset="" data-enlighter-title="" data-enlighter-group="">my_list = ['ff', 'ef', '0f', '0a', '93']
my_ints = [int(x, 16) for x in my_list] print(my_ints)
# [255, 239, 15, 10, 147]</pre>
<p>The <strong>list comprehension</strong> statement applies the expression <code>int(x, 16)</code> to each element <code>x</code> in the list <code>my_list</code> and puts the result of this expression in the <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-create-a-python-list/" data-type="post" data-id="10436" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">newly-created list</a>. </p>
<p>The <code><strong>int(x, 16)</strong></code> expression converts a <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-convert-hex-string-to-integer-in-python/" data-type="post" data-id="27255" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hex string to an integer</a> using the hexadecimal base argument <code>16</code>. A semantically identical way to write this would be <code>int(x, base=16)</code>. </p>
<p>In fact, there are many more ways to convert a hex string to an integer—each of them could be used in the <strong>expression part </strong>of the list comprehension statement. </p>
<p>However, I’ll show you one completely different approach to solving this problem without listing each and every combination of possible solutions. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f447.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> </p>
<h2>For Loop with List Append</h2>
<p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background">You can <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-create-an-empty-list-in-python/" data-type="post" data-id="453870" target="_blank">create an empty list</a> and add one hex integer at a time in the loop body after converting it from the hex string <code>x</code> using the <code><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/python-eval/" data-type="post" data-id="19204" target="_blank">eval('0x' + x)</a></code> function call. This first creates a hexadecimal string with <code>'0x'</code> prefix using <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/daily-python-puzzle-string-concatenation/" data-type="post" data-id="93" target="_blank">string concatenation</a> and then lets Python evaluate the string as if it was real code and not a string. </p>
<p>Here’s an example:</p>
<pre class="EnlighterJSRAW" data-enlighter-language="python" data-enlighter-theme="" data-enlighter-highlight="3-5" data-enlighter-linenumbers="" data-enlighter-lineoffset="" data-enlighter-title="" data-enlighter-group="">my_list = ['ff', 'ef', '0f', '0a', '93'] my_ints = []
for x in my_list: my_ints.append(eval('0x' + x)) print(my_ints)
# [255, 239, 15, 10, 147]</pre>
<p>You use the fact that Python automatically converts a hex value of the form <code>0xff</code> to an integer <code>255</code>:</p>
<pre class="EnlighterJSRAW" data-enlighter-language="python" data-enlighter-theme="" data-enlighter-highlight="" data-enlighter-linenumbers="" data-enlighter-lineoffset="" data-enlighter-title="" data-enlighter-group="">>>> 0xff
255
>>> 0xfe
254
>>> 0x0f
15</pre>
<p>You may want to check out my in-depth guide on this important function for our solution:</p>
<p class="has-base-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Recommended Tutorial</strong>: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/python-eval/" data-type="post" data-id="19204" target="_blank">Python <code>eval()</code></a></p>
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<h2>Easiest Answer</h2>
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<p class="has-base-background-color has-background">The easiest way to convert a list of hex strings to a list of integers in Python is the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/list-comprehension/" data-type="post" data-id="1171" target="_blank">list comprehension</a> statement <code>[int(x, 16) for x in my_list]</code> that applies the built-in function <code><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/python-int-function/" data-type="post" data-id="22715" target="_blank">int()</a></code> to convert each hex string to an integer using the hexadecimal base <code>16</code>, and repeats this for each hex string <code>x</code> in the original list.</p>
<p>Here’s a minimal example:</p>
<pre class="EnlighterJSRAW" data-enlighter-language="python" data-enlighter-theme="" data-enlighter-highlight="2" data-enlighter-linenumbers="" data-enlighter-lineoffset="" data-enlighter-title="" data-enlighter-group="">my_list = ['ff', 'ef', '0f', '0a', '93']
my_ints = [int(x, 16) for x in my_list] print(my_ints)
# [255, 239, 15, 10, 147]</pre>
<p>The <strong>list comprehension</strong> statement applies the expression <code>int(x, 16)</code> to each element <code>x</code> in the list <code>my_list</code> and puts the result of this expression in the <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-create-a-python-list/" data-type="post" data-id="10436" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">newly-created list</a>. </p>
<p>The <code><strong>int(x, 16)</strong></code> expression converts a <a href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-convert-hex-string-to-integer-in-python/" data-type="post" data-id="27255" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hex string to an integer</a> using the hexadecimal base argument <code>16</code>. A semantically identical way to write this would be <code>int(x, base=16)</code>. </p>
<p>In fact, there are many more ways to convert a hex string to an integer—each of them could be used in the <strong>expression part </strong>of the list comprehension statement. </p>
<p>However, I’ll show you one completely different approach to solving this problem without listing each and every combination of possible solutions. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f447.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> </p>
<h2>For Loop with List Append</h2>
<p class="has-global-color-8-background-color has-background">You can <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/how-to-create-an-empty-list-in-python/" data-type="post" data-id="453870" target="_blank">create an empty list</a> and add one hex integer at a time in the loop body after converting it from the hex string <code>x</code> using the <code><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/python-eval/" data-type="post" data-id="19204" target="_blank">eval('0x' + x)</a></code> function call. This first creates a hexadecimal string with <code>'0x'</code> prefix using <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/daily-python-puzzle-string-concatenation/" data-type="post" data-id="93" target="_blank">string concatenation</a> and then lets Python evaluate the string as if it was real code and not a string. </p>
<p>Here’s an example:</p>
<pre class="EnlighterJSRAW" data-enlighter-language="python" data-enlighter-theme="" data-enlighter-highlight="3-5" data-enlighter-linenumbers="" data-enlighter-lineoffset="" data-enlighter-title="" data-enlighter-group="">my_list = ['ff', 'ef', '0f', '0a', '93'] my_ints = []
for x in my_list: my_ints.append(eval('0x' + x)) print(my_ints)
# [255, 239, 15, 10, 147]</pre>
<p>You use the fact that Python automatically converts a hex value of the form <code>0xff</code> to an integer <code>255</code>:</p>
<pre class="EnlighterJSRAW" data-enlighter-language="python" data-enlighter-theme="" data-enlighter-highlight="" data-enlighter-linenumbers="" data-enlighter-lineoffset="" data-enlighter-title="" data-enlighter-group="">>>> 0xff
255
>>> 0xfe
254
>>> 0x0f
15</pre>
<p>You may want to check out my in-depth guide on this important function for our solution:</p>
<p class="has-base-background-color has-background"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f30d.png" alt="?" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <strong>Recommended Tutorial</strong>: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.finxter.com/python-eval/" data-type="post" data-id="19204" target="_blank">Python <code>eval()</code></a></p>
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