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The is-hex-prefixed npm package is a simple utility to check if a given string is prefixed with '0x', which is commonly used to denote hexadecimal values.
Check if a string is hex-prefixed
This feature allows you to check if a given string starts with the '0x' prefix, indicating that it is a hexadecimal value.
const isHexPrefixed = require('is-hex-prefixed');
const hexString = '0x123abc';
const result = isHexPrefixed(hexString);
console.log(result); // true
Check if a non-hex string is hex-prefixed
This feature allows you to verify that a string without the '0x' prefix is correctly identified as not being hex-prefixed.
const isHexPrefixed = require('is-hex-prefixed');
const nonHexString = '123abc';
const result = isHexPrefixed(nonHexString);
console.log(result); // false
The ethereumjs-util package provides a variety of utility functions for Ethereum, including checking if a string is hex-prefixed. It offers more comprehensive functionality compared to is-hex-prefixed, such as hashing, signing, and encoding/decoding utilities.
The web3-utils package is part of the Web3.js library and includes a function called isHexStrict, which checks if a string is a valid hex string with the '0x' prefix. It is more feature-rich and is commonly used in Ethereum development.
A simple method to check if a string is hex prefixed.
npm install --save is-hex-prefixed
const isHexPrefixed = require('is-hex-prefixed');
console.log(isHexPrefixed('0x..'));
// result true
console.log(isHexPrefixed('dfsk'));
// result false
console.log(isHexPrefixed({}));
// result throw new Error
console.log(isHexPrefixed('-0x'));
// result false
This project is licensed under the MIT license, Copyright (c) 2016 Nick Dodson. For more information see LICENSE.md.
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A simple method to check if a string is hex prefixed.
The npm package is-hex-prefixed receives a total of 456,503 weekly downloads. As such, is-hex-prefixed popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-hex-prefixed demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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