Here you can find the source of charToNibble(char c)
static final int charToNibble(char c)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w ww. j a v a 2 s .co m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * 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 { static final int charToNibble(char c) { if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') { return c - '0'; } else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') { return 0xa + (c - 'a'); } else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') { return 0xA + (c - 'A'); } else { throw new RuntimeException("Not a hex character: '" + c + "'"); } } }