Convert hexadecimal string with leading “0x” to signed short in C++?

Question

I found the code to convert a hexadecimal string into a signed int using strtol, but I can\'t find something for a short int (2 bytes). Here\' my p

Answer 1

If you know the data is always going to be in that format, couldn't you just do something like:

myInt << std::hex << currentString.c_str() +2; // skip the leading "0x"