Why parse hex when you don't have to?

hex-parser.c

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	const char* c = "1A FF";
	int a, b;
	
	sscanf(c, "%2x %2x", &a, &b);

	printf("a: %3d  b: %3d\n", a, b);
	printf("a: %3x  b: %3x\n", a, b);
	return 0;
}