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Increment

Cryptographic algorithms use a binary representation of variables internally (Buffer in nodejs). Hexadecimal representation is used to facilitate human reading. To get more familiar with the hexadecimal form, we will do a simple operation.

Instructions

Create a function increment that takes as argument a number written in hexadecimal form and returns the same number incremented by one.

Usage

increment("03"); // expected : <Buffer 04>
increment("a0"); // expected : <Buffer a1>
increment("ff"); // expected : <Buffer 01 00>
increment("d537"); // expected : <Buffer d5 38>

Notions

• Node.js buffer
• Wikipedia: Hexadecimal number