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hexdump (somewhat fast)

Simple functions to display a hex dump of a byte array using sequence expressions, with ASCII. Rewrote naive version that used string concat, based on optimizations in http://fssnip.net/ht, and cleaned up ASCII formatting.

Hex dump of byte array b, display width w.

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// Without ASCII column.

let hexdump w (b : byte[]) =
    seq {
        for i in 0..w..b.Length - 1 ->
            let hex = 
                Seq.skip i b 
                |> Seq.truncate w
                |> Seq.map (sprintf "%02X ")
                |> Seq.fold ( + ) ""
            sprintf "%08X  %s\n" i hex  
        }
    |> Seq.iter (printf "%s")

(Formatting helper functions omitted.)

// With ASCII column.

let hexdump' w (b : byte[]) =
    seq {
        for i in 0..w..b.Length - 1 ->
            let byt = Seq.skip i b 
                      |> Seq.truncate w
            let hex = Seq.map (sprintf "%02X ") byt
                      |> Seq.fold ( + ) "" 
                      |> pad w
            let asc = Seq.map (fun c -> sprintf "%c" (filterChar c)) byt 
                      |> Seq.fold ( + ) "" 
            sprintf "%08X  %s %s\n" i hex asc   
        }
    |> Seq.iter (printf "%s")

// Example output in FSI:
//> hexdump 16 someBytes;;
//00000000  92 36 81 DC 1F F0 87 1F 49 93 8F D3 6C 31 22 71 
//00000010  4F 2E BE C5 8D 5D D1 E6 0F 6A 2B D5 4A 8C 53 B7 
//00000020  01 69 E7 
//val it : unit = ()
//
//> hexdump' 16 someBytes;;
//00000000  49 AA 22 B2 F5 19 FC 48 C5 F9 1F 96 3C C7 53 C8  I."....H....<.S.
//00000010  75 4E 1E 3B 1F 6E CD 68 AB F6 63 FC 80 25 55 A5  uN.;.n.h..c..%U.
//00000020  6C F3 8E 2E FB E3 A4 D3 21 E7 EE 50 0B 1F 9C     l.......!..P...
//val it : unit = ()

val hexdump : w:int -> b:byte [] -> unit

Full name: Script.hexdump

val w : int

val b : byte []

Multiple items
val byte : value:'T -> byte (requires member op_Explicit)

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.byte

--------------------
type byte = System.Byte

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.byte

Multiple items
val seq : sequence:seq<'T> -> seq<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.seq

--------------------
type seq<'T> = System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.seq<_>

val i : int

property System.Array.Length: int

val hex : string

module Seq

from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections

val skip : count:int -> source:seq<'T> -> seq<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.skip

val truncate : count:int -> source:seq<'T> -> seq<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.truncate

val map : mapping:('T -> 'U) -> source:seq<'T> -> seq<'U>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.map

val sprintf : format:Printf.StringFormat<'T> -> 'T

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators.sprintf

val fold : folder:('State -> 'T -> 'State) -> state:'State -> source:seq<'T> -> 'State

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.fold

val iter : action:('T -> unit) -> source:seq<'T> -> unit

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.Seq.iter

val printf : format:Printf.TextWriterFormat<'T> -> 'T

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators.printf

// Filters non-printable characters.
let filterChar (b : byte) = if int b <= 32 || int b > 127 then '.' else char b

// Pads a string based on number (w) of bytes to display.
let pad w (s : string) =
let t = (w * 2) + w
if s.Length < t then s + String.replicate (t - s.Length) " " else s

val hexdump' : w:int -> b:byte [] -> unit

Full name: Script.hexdump'

val byt : seq<byte>

val pad : w:int -> s:string -> string

Full name: Script.pad

val asc : string

val c : byte

val filterChar : b:byte -> char

Full name: Script.filterChar

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Link:	http://fssnip.net/hq
Posted:	11 years ago
Author:	Matthew H. Traylor
Tags:	hex dump , hex , sequences , conversion