All you have to do is just Copy and Paste the code into Visual Studio Code. It works well and has a loop feature so you don't have to keep rerunning the code manually.


import re
import pyperclip

while True:
# Description
print("\nThis is a tool to 'decrypt' a non-hex string into a hex string for HS\n")

# Input the NON-hex string at the prompt. Length is not important. Example strings:
# ZZ:73:E7:6Y
# ZZ:73:E7:6Y:CB:X4:X4
# ZZ:73:E7:6Y:CB:X4:E7:6Y:CB:X4:E7:6Y:CB:X4
string = input("Enter the NON-hex string: ")

# Split the string into a list of objects:
arr = string.split(':')

# Initialize output
output = ''

# Loop through the objects in arr, add matching objects to output and add a ':'
for arr_obj in arr:
if re.match('[A-F0-9][A-F0-9]', arr_obj):
output = output + arr_obj + ':'

# If output string is not empty, remove the ':' at the end of the output string, copy it to the clipboard and show message.
# If output string is empty, only display custom message.
if output:
output = output[:-1]
pyperclip.copy(output)
print(f'\n{output} copied to the clipboard!\n')
else:
print("\nNOTHING copied to the clipboard! None of the objects match hex strings.\n")

# Ask the user if they want to run the tool again
run_again = input("Do you want to run the tool again? (yes/no): ")

# If the user enters anything other than "yes", exit the loop
if run_again.lower() != 'yes':
break