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Post by Lance(HAOH) on Mon 07 Dec 2009, 2:00 pm

Could anyone please explain to me why this uses 32 bytes? Shouldn't 8 bits make 1 byte
and this should make up 16 bytes?

0000000: 0100 4d61 696e 2053 742e 0000 0000 0000 ..Main St.......

0000016: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................

0000032: 1900 536f 7574 6820 5374 2e00 0000 0000 ..South St......

0000048: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................

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Post by skilldegree on Mon 07 Dec 2009, 9:22 pm

Um not 100% sure, but that looks like hex to me. so each individual number would take up 1 byte?

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Post by Lance(HAOH) on Tue 08 Dec 2009, 8:27 pm

Yup. The chunk of numbers is hexadecimal view from a hex-editor. But each individual number is called a bit. 8 bits make a byte. But I am confused... The book which I took the sample from wrote that this was a 32 bit string. Could someone please help to clarify my doubts?

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Post by Doctor Inferno on Tue 08 Dec 2009, 9:11 pm

Hello,

Each hexadecimal digit represents four binary digits also known as bits. So ignoring the equation of 8 bits = 1 bytes, there are 32 bytes as counted. Shown in bold:

0000000: 0100 4d61 696e 2053 742e 0000 0000 0000 ..Main St.......

0000016: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................

0000032: 1900 536f 7574 6820 5374 2e00 0000 0000 ..South St......

0000048: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................


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Post by Lance(HAOH) on Wed 09 Dec 2009, 2:15 pm

Thanks for your help!

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Post by Doctor Inferno on Wed 09 Dec 2009, 2:41 pm

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