2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/stringutils.cpp b/src/utils/stringutils.cpp
index 2f9bc9a8..57a0131e 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringutils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/stringutils.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ std::string &trim(std::string &str)
     {
         str.erase(pos + 1);
         pos = str.find_first_not_of(' ');
+
         if (pos != std::string::npos)
-        {
             str.erase(0, pos);
-        }
     }
     else
     {
@@ -49,6 +48,14 @@ std::string &toLower(std::string &str)
     return str;
 }
 
+unsigned int atox(const std::string &str)
+{
+    unsigned int value;
+    sscanf(str.c_str(), "0x%06x", &value);
+
+    return value;
+}
+
 const char *ipToString(int address)
 {
     static char asciiIP[16];
diff --git a/src/utils/stringutils.h b/src/utils/stringutils.h
index 872a8f52..3af0bfa5 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringutils.h
+++ b/src/utils/stringutils.h
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ std::string &trim(std::string &str);
 std::string &toLower(std::string &str);
 
 /**
+ * Converts an ascii hexidecimal string to an integer
+ *
+ * @param str the hex string to convert to an int
+ * @return the integer representation of the hex string
+ */
+unsigned int atox(const std::string &str);
+
+/**
  * Converts the given value to a string using std::stringstream.
  *
  * @param arg the value to convert to a string