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copied!<p>I am new to python and programming,</p> <p>I am looking for a code, or a sample code that can have a predefined set of hex values and that can find the 3 used values within to generate a certain value.</p> <p>lets say I have a value of : 0x50158A51</p> <p>this is a 4 byte (32 bit) hex value</p> <p>now i need to find the values which when added or subtracted (from the provided set) will end with this result.</p> <p>for example:</p> <p>0x75612171 + 0x75612171 + 0x6553476F = 0x50158A51 </p> <ul> <li>notice that the values added are all from the allowed set</li> </ul> <p>Just to be clear i have a limited chars set</p> <p>which is :</p> <pre><code>\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13 \x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f\x20\x21\x22\x23\x24\x25\x26 \x27\x28\x29\x2a\x2b\x2c\x2d\x2e\x2f\x30\x31\x32\x33\x34\x35\x36\x37\x38\x39 \x3a\x3b\x3c\x3d\x3e\x3f\x40\x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49\x4a\x4b\x4c \x4d\x4e\x4f\x50\x51\x52\x53\x54\x55\x56\x57\x58\x59\x5a\x5b\x5c\x5d\x5e\x5f \x60\x61\x62\x63\x64\x65\x66\x67\x68\x69\x6a\x6b\x6c\x6d\x6e\x6f\x70\x71\x72 \x73\x74\x75\x76\x77\x78\x79\x7a\x7b\x7c\x7d\x7e\x7f\x80\x81\x82\x83\x84\x85 \x86\x87\x88\x89\x8a\x8b\x8c\x8d\x8e\x8f\x90\x91\x92\x93\x94\x95\x96\x97\x98 \x99\x9a\x9b\x9c\x9d\x9e\x9f\xa0\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab \xac\xad\xae\xaf\xb0\xb1\xb2\xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba\xbb\xbc\xbd\xbe \xbf\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc6\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf\xd0\xd1 \xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd7\xd8\xd9\xda\xdb\xdc\xdd\xde\xdf\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3\xe4 \xe5\xe6\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb\xec\xed\xee\xef\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7 \xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff </code></pre> <p>i used a simple code to calculate 3 values:</p> <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/python hex1 = 0x55555521 hex2 = 0x55555421 hex3 = 0x6D556F49 calc = hex1 + hex2 + hex3 print hex(calc) </code></pre> <p>which will give a result of:</p> <pre><code>root@linux:~# ./calc2.py 0x150158a51 </code></pre> <p>i need to some how reverse the process of the answer by placing variations from my allowed set into the variables</p> <p>for example:</p> <p>placing 4 byte hex values from the set into the variables</p> <pre><code> try: hex1 = placing 4bytes from allowed set hex2 = placing 4bytes from allowed set hex3 = placing 4bytes from allowed set if result (hex1+hex2+hex3) = 0x150158a51 then print "values used for this results are: hex1 hex2 hex3" </code></pre> <p>Thank you in advance.</p>

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