Ruby

Base64 Encode/Decode a String

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_LANGUAGE_ example to base-64 encode and decode a string. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

bd = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()

s = "A friend called me up the other day and talked about investing in a dot-com that sells lobsters. Internet lobsters. Where will this end? --Donald Trump"

success = bd.AppendString(s,"utf-8")

strBase64 = bd.getEncoded("base64")
print strBase64 + "\n";

# To decode:
bd2 = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()
bd2.AppendEncoded(strBase64,"base64")

decoded = bd2.getString("utf-8")
print decoded + "\n";