JavaScript: Need functions to convert a string containing binary to hex, then convert back to binary

Try this jsfiddle.

The more interesting functions to you are here. Not necessarily the cleanest or most efficient ones, but yea:

// converts binary string to a hexadecimal string
// returns an object with key 'valid' to a boolean value, indicating
// if the string is a valid binary string.
// If 'valid' is true, the converted hex string can be obtained by
// the 'result' key of the returned object
function binaryToHex(s) {
    var i, k, part, accum, ret="";
    for (i = s.length-1; i >= 3; i -= 4) {
        // extract out in substrings of 4 and convert to hex
        part = s.substr(i+1-4, 4);
        accum = 0;
        for (k = 0; k < 4; k += 1) {
            if (part[k] !== '0' && part[k] !== '1') {
                // invalid character
                return { valid: false };
            }
            // compute the length 4 substring
            accum = accum * 2 + parseInt(part[k], 10);
        }
        if (accum >= 10) {
            // 'A' to 'F'
            ret = String.fromCharCode(accum - 10 + 'A'.charCodeAt(0)) + ret;
        } else {
            // '0' to '9'
            ret = String(accum) + ret;
        }
    }
    // remaining characters, i = 0, 1, or 2
    if (i >= 0) {
        accum = 0;
        // convert from front
        for (k = 0; k <= i; k += 1) {
            if (s[k] !== '0' && s[k] !== '1') {
                return { valid: false };
            }
            accum = accum * 2 + parseInt(s[k], 10);
        }
        // 3 bits, value cannot exceed 2^3 - 1 = 7, just convert
        ret = String(accum) + ret;
    }
    return { valid: true, result: ret };
}

// converts hexadecimal string to a binary string
// returns an object with key 'valid' to a boolean value, indicating
// if the string is a valid hexadecimal string.
// If 'valid' is true, the converted binary string can be obtained by
// the 'result' key of the returned object
function hexToBinary(s) {
    var i, k, part, ret="";
    // lookup table for easier conversion. '0' characters are padded for '1' to '7'
    var lookupTable = {
        '0': '0000', '1': '0001', '2': '0010', '3': '0011', '4': '0100',
        '5': '0101', '6': '0110', '7': '0111', '8': '1000', '9': '1001',
        'a': '1010', 'b': '1011', 'c': '1100', 'd': '1101',
        'e': '1110', 'f': '1111',
        'A': '1010', 'B': '1011', 'C': '1100', 'D': '1101',
        'E': '1110', 'F': '1111'
    };
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i += 1) {
        if (lookupTable.hasOwnProperty(s[i])) {
            ret += lookupTable[s[i]];
        } else {
            return { valid: false };
        }
    }
    return { valid: true, result: ret };
}

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