Convert the string to mac address & hh format specifier

• Use hh format specifier to convert the string into a MAC address.

int sscanf(const char *str, const char *format, ...)

Description:

  hh              Specifies that a following d, i, o, u, x, or  X
                    conversion  specifier  applies to a signed char
                    or unsigned char argument  (the  argument  will
                    have  been  promoted  according  to the integer
                    promotions, but its value shall be converted to
                    signed  char or unsigned char before printing);
                    or that  a  following  n  conversion  specifier
                    applies to a pointer to a signed char argument.

Table

Modifier	Modifies	Applies to
hh	d, i, o, u, x, or X	char, signed char or unsigned char
h	d, i, o, u, x, or X	short int or unsigned short int

Format specifier	Description	Supported data types
%c	Character	char unsigned char

%n	Prints nothing
%%	Prints % character

	specifiers
length	d i	u o x X	f F e E g G a A	c	s	p	n
(none)	int	unsigned int	double	int	char*	void*	int*
hh	signed char	unsigned char					signed char*
h	short int	unsigned short int					short int*
l	long int	unsigned long int		wint_t	wchar_t*		long int*
ll	long long int	unsigned long long int					long long int*
j	intmax_t	uintmax_t					intmax_t*
z	size_t	size_t					size_t*
t	ptrdiff_t	ptrdiff_t					ptrdiff_t*
L			long double

Program:

/* Convert the string to mac address & hh format specifier by Velraj.K
 * Check : http://velrajcoding.blogspot.in
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

#define MAC_LEN   6
#define MAC_STR_BUF_LEN 32

#define MAC_INDEX_0 0
#define MAC_INDEX_1 1
#define MAC_INDEX_2 2
#define MAC_INDEX_3 3
#define MAC_INDEX_4 4
#define MAC_INDEX_5 5

typedef uint8_t    tMacAddr[MAC_LEN];

int convert_string_to_mac_address(const char *str_mac, tMacAddr mac_addr, int pattern)
{
    int  ret = 0;
    char *format = NULL;
    char str_mac_buf[MAC_STR_BUF_LEN] = {'\0'};

    switch (pattern) {
        case 0:
            format = "%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx";
        break;

        case 1:
            format = "%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx%02hhx";
        break;

        default:
            printf("Pattern for MAC is invalid <%d> \n", pattern);
            return 0;
        break;
    }

    /* Convert the mac MAC address from string */
    ret = sscanf(str_mac, format, &mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_0], &mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_1], &mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_2],
                 &mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_3], &mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_4], &mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_5]);
    if (ret != MAC_LEN) {
        snprintf(str_mac_buf, sizeof(str_mac_buf), format,  mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_0], mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_1],
                 mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_2], mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_3], mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_4], mac_addr[MAC_INDEX_5]);
        printf("Error in converting the mac from string %s ret <%d>", str_mac_buf, ret);
        return 0;
    }

    return 0;
}


int main()
{
    tMacAddr mac1 = {0}, mac_no_colon = {0};

    convert_string_to_mac_address("00:0c:29:44:00:d3", mac1, 0);

    printf("Converted mac is <MAC:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx> \n", mac1[MAC_INDEX_0], mac1[MAC_INDEX_1], mac1[MAC_INDEX_2],
            mac1[MAC_INDEX_3], mac1[MAC_INDEX_4], mac1[MAC_INDEX_5]);


    convert_string_to_mac_address("000c294402d4", mac_no_colon, 1);
    printf("Converted mac is <MAC:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx:%02hhx> \n", mac_no_colon[MAC_INDEX_0], mac_no_colon[MAC_INDEX_1], mac_no_colon[MAC_INDEX_2],
            mac_no_colon[MAC_INDEX_3], mac_no_colon[MAC_INDEX_4], mac_no_colon[MAC_INDEX_5]);
    return 0;
}

  Output:

  $/sample$ ./a.out
  Converted mac is <MAC:00:0c:29:44:00:d3>
  Converted mac is <MAC:00:0c:29:44:02:d4>