diff -r 328f3ec4b77a -r 1540e501785f src/eric7/Utilities/__init__.py
--- a/src/eric7/Utilities/__init__.py Thu Dec 21 19:50:01 2023 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/Utilities/__init__.py Fri Dec 22 11:04:32 2023 +0100
@@ -1129,14 +1129,16 @@
oc += txt[index]
o = chr(int(oc, base=8))
elif c.lower() == "x":
- index += 1
val = 0
- if index < len(txt) and txt[index] in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF":
+ if index + 1 < len(txt) and txt[index + 1] in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF":
+ index += 1
hx = txt[index]
- index += 1
- if index < len(txt) and txt[index] in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF":
+ if (
+ index + 1 < len(txt)
+ and txt[index + 1] in "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"
+ ):
+ index += 1
hx += txt[index]
- index += 1
val = int(hx, base=16)
o = chr(val)
else:
