diff --git a/src/from_hex.zig b/src/from_hex.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ad64b93fc2bbfb502d481289a5ce814015b2991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/from_hex.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const string = []const u8;
+const extras = @import("./lib.zig");
+const parseDigits = extras.parseDigits;
+
+pub fn from_hex(array: anytype) [array.len / 2]u8 {
+    var result: [array.len / 2]u8 = undefined;
+    for (0..array.len / 2) |i| result[i] = parseDigits(u8, array[i * 2 ..][0..2], 16) catch unreachable;
+    return result;
+}
+
+test {
+    try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(
+        u8,
+        &.{ 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38, 0x39, 0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38, 0x39, 0x30 },
+        &from_hex("3132333435363738393031323334353637383930"),
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index e4947bf716741ad2e75a25da45974ecd85ac6252..7a2b85c9df7cd51cdaa0a90e16e0a1185a74d029 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -119,3 +119,4 @@ pub usingnamespace @import("./compareFnField.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./compareFnRange.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./asciiLower.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./parseDigits.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("./from_hex.zig");