Here you can find the source of char2Byte(char ch)
public static byte char2Byte(char ch)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w ww.j a v a2 s . co m * Tencent is pleased to support the open source community by making Tars available. * * Copyright (C) 2016 THL A29 Limited, a Tencent company. All rights reserved. * * Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed * under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR * CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static byte char2Byte(char ch) { if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') { return (byte) (ch - '0'); } else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f') { return (byte) (ch - 'a' + 10); } else if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F') { return (byte) (ch - 'A' + 10); } else { return 0; } } }