C++ convert string to hexadecimal and vice versa

As of C++17 there's also std::from_chars. The following function takes a string of hex characters and returns a vector of T:

#include <charconv>

template<typename T>
std::vector<T> hexstr_to_vec(const std::string& str, unsigned char chars_per_num = 2)
{
  std::vector<T> out(str.size() / chars_per_num, 0);

  T value;
  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < str.size() / chars_per_num; i++) {
    std::from_chars<T>(
      str.data() + (i * chars_per_num),
      str.data() + (i * chars_per_num) + chars_per_num,
      value,
      16
    );
    out[i] = value;
  }

  return out;
}

Here is an other solution, largely inspired by the one by @fredoverflow.

/**
 * Return hexadecimal representation of the input binary sequence
 */
std::string hexitize(const std::vector<char>& input, const char* const digits = "0123456789ABCDEF")
{
    std::ostringstream output;

    for (unsigned char gap = 0, beg = input[gap]; gap < input.length(); beg = input[++gap])
        output << digits[beg >> 4] << digits[beg & 15];

    return output.str();
}

Length was required parameter in the intended usage.

#include "boost/algorithm/hex.hpp"
std::string hexed = boost::algorithm::hex(std::string("input"));

https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_78_0/boost/algorithm/hex.hpp