How to XOR two strings that contain hex numbers in python?

Question

I have looked for an answer online, but none of them seem to solve my problem in my way (I know, I\'m picky :D).

Here\'s the deal: I am using the string type to store tw

Answer 1

To perform the XOR operation assuming they are long integers, you can use the long type in Python:

# Convert the hex string S1 and S2 to longs
l1=long(S1,16) 
l2=long(S2,16)
result=hex(l1 ^ l2) # Convert the XOR of the strings
# Output will be:
# '0x1013abb8b0ead34450ee04e8d507fa16552e5aa9f2cc9551acc9d71b646f8a9b4f3548f2068172b201bf0daf75bffffdd0dedd861b9ccbcf7c9ce53e39ecafa9c86880fba0c600778fc7bc6e3bd60c8b0df469f5a7f1da4339f9202bdb43b97b22db69642ce5402b8ce44f86d990dbf5a2L'