1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index d027cb7bf..aeac4fe84 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <ctype.h> /* required for tolower() */
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iomanip>
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #include <errno.h> // required by vsnprintf implementation for MSVC
@@ -161,6 +162,23 @@ char *CDECL str_fmt(const char *str, ...)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Format a byte array into a continuous hex string.
+ * @param data Array to format
+ * @return Converted string.
+ */
+std::string FormatArrayAsHex(span<const byte> data)
+{
+	std::ostringstream ss;
+	ss << std::uppercase << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << std::hex;
+
+	for (auto b : data) {
+		ss << b;
+	}
+
+	return ss.str();
+}
+
+/**
  * Scan the string for old values of SCC_ENCODED and fix it to
  * it's new, static value.
  * @param str the string to scan