how to convert hex to ascii

[dr645965]

HI
My hard drive id is 18 5D BC , how can i convert it into ascii or text using C / c++

some one translated but i do not know how
18 = M
5D = K
BC = E

thanks

[Banfa]

I do not know how either, if the decoded values you give are correct you would need to find out from somewhere what the coding used to encode the characters were because they do not conform to any character set I am familiar with.

[alexis4]

This is not ASCII...

[whodgson]

Hex is a numerical format.ASCII is not a numerical format but a numerical code for characters like commas and alphabetical letters. You can`t convert between a code and a format but you can convert a code from its integer format to a hex format.

[johny10151981]

Try this.
step 1:
read hexa value
step 2:
assign hexa value to an integer variable(trying develop function to transfer from hexa to Decimal. not that hard)
decimal=toDecimal(hexa); //hexa is array of char
step 3:
printf("%c",decimal);

step 4:
repeat step 1:3 until finish all hexas

Best regards,
johny