(MFC) Decimal Integer List Encoding

The "decList" encoding was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.66 to encode and decode binary bytes from comma-separated decimal integers.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkBinData.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

    const char *byteVals = "84,104,101,32,116,114,117,101,32,115,105,103,110,32,111,102,32,105,110,116,101,108,108,105,103,101,110,99,101,32,105,115,32,110,111,116,32,107,110,111,119,108,101,100,103,101,32,98,117,116,32,105,109,97,103,105,110,97,116,105,111,110,46";

    // Demonstrate encoding/decoding comma-separated decimal integrs to/from binary.
    CkBinData binData;
    binData.AppendEncoded(byteVals,"decList");

    // Examine the data in hex
    strOut.append("HEX: ");
    strOut.append(binData.getEncoded("hex"));
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Decode to a StringBuilder
    CkStringBuilder sb;
    sb.AppendBd(binData,"us-ascii",0,0);

    // The bytes were actually the us-ascii char values for the string
    // "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
    strOut.append(sb.getAsString());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Now get the bytes in decimal list format again:
    strOut.append(binData.getEncoded("decList"));
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // The output of this example is:
    // HEX: 5468652074727565207369676E206F6620696E74656C6C6967656E6365206973206E6F74206B6E6F776C656467652062757420696D6167696E6174696F6E2E
    // The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
    // 84,104,101,32,116,114,117,101,32,115,105,103,110,32,111,102,32,105,110,116,101,108,108,105,103,101,110,99,101,32,105,115,32,110,111,116,32,107,110,111,119,108,101,100,103,101,32,98,117,116,32,105,109,97,103,105,110,97,116,105,111,110,46


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }