Discussion @ 1236. Decoding Task @ Timus Online Judge

Loky_Yuri [USTU] I dont' understand [2] // Problem 1236. Decoding Task 8 Mar 2007 13:25

In the task said "The first line consists of 2N characters and represents the encoded message N bytes long".
But I understood that if we encode the message length of n, we will receive message the same length (n). Whats wrong?

KIRILL(ArcSTU) Re: I dont' understand [1] // Problem 1236. Decoding Task 8 Mar 2007 13:53

Each byte can be presented as 2 characters in a hexadecimal form

0 - 00
1 - 01
..
16 - 10
..
255 - FF

so n bytes = 2*n characters

Loky_Yuri [USTU] Re: I dont' understand // Problem 1236. Decoding Task 8 Mar 2007 13:59

Thank you! Now I'll try to solve it!

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