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Re-Encode (How to convert encodings)

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Demonstrates how to convert a string from one encoding to another.

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require 'chilkat'

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()

# Here are some bytes as a hex string
hex = "4142434445462140232425"

# The ReEncode method converts a string from one encoding to another.
# Valid encodings are "url", "base64", "qp", "hex", "modbase64", "base64url", "base32", "base58",
# and any of the encodings listed here:  http://cknotes.com/chilkat-binary-encoding-list

# Convert from hex to base64
b64 = crypt.reEncode(hex,"hex","base64")
print "base64: " + b64 + "\n";

# Convert from base64 to base32
b32 = crypt.reEncode(b64,"base64","base32")
print "base32: " + b32 + "\n";

# Convert from base32 back to hex
hex = crypt.reEncode(b32,"base32","hex")
print "hex: " + hex + "\n";