Converting Hex string to matrix form in Python

Question

I have a hex string a = 54776f204f6e65204e696e652054776f And I want it in the form of a matrix like this:

s = [[54, 4f, 4e, 20],
     [77, 6e, 69, 54],
     [6f, 65, 6e, 77],
     [20, 20, 65, 6f]]

How do I do it?

For more clarification: I am writing a program for AES encryption and decryption. And this is the 1st part where the plaintext is converted to hexadecimal and then to a state (4x4 matrix).

Using the solution in that question gives me ['54776f204f6e65204e696e652054776f'] — sciencaholic
– sciencaholic, Commented Nov 26, 2017 at 11:18
You have of course adapt it to split your hex string into chunks of 8 and divide them afterwards in 4x2. But somebody has already been nice enough to do the coding for you. — Mr. T
– Mr. T, Commented Nov 26, 2017 at 11:22
I don't agree with the duplicate as this is not about hex conversion in itself, it is mainly about re-arranging the values. But note that within cryptography, it often pays to perform these kind of operations on bytes rather than (character) strings. I good answer would convert to bytes and then rearrange those. — Maarten Bodewes
– Maarten Bodewes, Commented Nov 26, 2017 at 21:35

Mohammed Elmahgiubi · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-26 11:18:34Z

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This should work:

import numpy as np

a = '54776f204f6e65204e696e652054776f'
n = 2
x = [a[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(a), n)]

my_matrix = np.array(x).reshape(4, 4).T

print(my_matrix)


[['54' '4f' '4e' '20']
 ['77' '6e' '69' '54']
 ['6f' '65' '6e' '77']
 ['20' '20' '65' '6f']]

answered Nov 26, 2017 at 11:18

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Maarten Bodewes Over a year ago

Voted up as I think this is the most readable and thus maintainable solution.

user2390182 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-26 11:31:10Z

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You can do the following. Chunk the string appropriately and then use the zip(*...) transpositioning pattern:

def group(seq, n):
    return [seq[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(seq), n)]

>>> a = '54776f204f6e65204e696e652054776f'
>>> list(zip(*group(group(a, 2), 4)))
[('54', '4f', '4e', '20'), 
 ('77', '6e', '69', '54'), 
 ('6f', '65', '6e', '77'), 
 ('20', '20', '65', '6f')]

answered Nov 26, 2017 at 11:31

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