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+/* public domain */
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <botan/pipe.h>
+#include <botan/hex.h>
+using namespace Botan;
+
+void strip_comments(std::string& line)
+   {
+   if(line.find('#') != std::string::npos)
+      line = line.erase(line.find('#'), std::string::npos);
+   }
+
+void strip_newlines(std::string& line)
+   {
+   while(line.find('\n') != std::string::npos)
+      line = line.erase(line.find('\n'), 1);
+   }
+
+/* Strip comments, whitespace, etc */
+void strip(std::string& line)
+   {
+   strip_comments(line);
+
+   while(line.find(' ') != std::string::npos)
+      line = line.erase(line.find(' '), 1);
+
+   while(line.find('\t') != std::string::npos)
+      line = line.erase(line.find('\t'), 1);
+   }
+
+SecureVector<byte> decode_hex(const std::string& in)
+   {
+   SecureVector<byte> result;
+
+   try {
+      Botan::Pipe pipe(new Botan::Hex_Decoder);
+      pipe.process_msg(in);
+      result = pipe.read_all();
+   }
+   catch(std::exception& e)
+      {
+      result.destroy();
+      }
+   return result;
+   }
+
+std::string hex_encode(const byte in[], u32bit len)
+   {
+   Botan::Pipe pipe(new Botan::Hex_Encoder);
+   pipe.process_msg(in, len);
+   return pipe.read_all_as_string();
+   }
+
+std::vector<std::string> parse(const std::string& line)
+   {
+   const char DELIMITER = ':';
+   std::vector<std::string> substr;
+   std::string::size_type start = 0, end = line.find(DELIMITER);
+   while(end != std::string::npos)
+      {
+      substr.push_back(line.substr(start, end-start));
+      start = end+1;
+      end = line.find(DELIMITER, start);
+      }
+   if(line.size() > start)
+      substr.push_back(line.substr(start));
+   while(substr.size() <= 4) // at least 5 substr, some possibly empty
+      substr.push_back("");
+   return substr;
+   }
+