[#EC_POINT_hex2point]
= EC_POINT_hex2point
:mrdocs:

Decode an EC point from a hex‐encoded octet string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/ec.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:EC_POINT.adoc[EC_POINT]*
EC_POINT_hex2point(
    xref:EC_GROUP.adoc[EC_GROUP] const* group,
    char const* hex,
    xref:EC_POINT.adoc[EC_POINT]* point,
    xref:BN_CTX.adoc[BN_CTX]* ctx);
----

== Return Value

The resulting EC_POINT, or NULL on error.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *group*
| Curve that defines the point encoding.
| *hex*
| NUL‐terminated hexadecimal encoding of the point octets.
| *point*
| Existing point to overwrite, or NULL to allocate a new one.
| *ctx*
| BN_CTX for temporary BIGNUMs, or NULL to allocate internally.
|===


[.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#