empty string handling for asciiToHex (web3#1196)

nachomazzara · Jun 4, 2020 · d9fe498 · d9fe498
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diff --git a/packages/web3-utils/src/index.js b/packages/web3-utils/src/index.js
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ var hexToAscii = function(hex) {
  * @returns {String} hex representation of input string
  */
 var asciiToHex = function(str) {
+    if(!str)
+        return "0x00";
     var hex = "";
     for(var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
         var code = str.charCodeAt(i);