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public text v1 · immutable for (i=0; i<strlen(t_c_str); i=i+2){ /* i = i + 2 */
f_substr (t_hex_to_char, t_c_str, i, i+1+1); /* get the 2 byte hex */
hex_to_char_num = f_hex_to_int(t_hex_to_char); /* convert the hex to an interger */
c_rtn[(i/2)] = hex_to_char_num; /* convert the integer to a character */
c_rtn[(i/2)+1] = '\0'; /* convert the integer to a character */
}