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| - | Base64 is one way of storing sequences of characters in strings, that represent a sequence of bytes. | + | Base64 is one way of storing sequences of characters in strings, that represent a sequence of bytes. It's similar to hexadecimal, which provides 4 bits per character, and thus it needs 2 characters per byte. Base64 is more compact: with base64 only 4 characters are needed for every 3 bytes, or ~1.333 characters per byte on average. |
| The representation uses the characters A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, the plus sign (+) and the slash (/), in that order. Each character represents a 6-bit binary number from ''000000'' to ''111111'', which is part of a byte. So A represents ''000000'', B ''000001'', ..., Z ''011001'', a ''011010'', ..., z ''110011'', 0 ''110100'', ..., 9 ''111101'', + represents ''111110'', and finally / represents ''111111''. | The representation uses the characters A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, the plus sign (+) and the slash (/), in that order. Each character represents a 6-bit binary number from ''000000'' to ''111111'', which is part of a byte. So A represents ''000000'', B ''000001'', ..., Z ''011001'', a ''011010'', ..., z ''110011'', 0 ''110100'', ..., 9 ''111101'', + represents ''111110'', and finally / represents ''111111''. | ||
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| which is the byte sequence 0xCF, 0xDF, 0x80. Therefore we can say that the Base64 string "z9+A" represents the byte sequence 0xCF 0xDF 0x80. | which is the byte sequence 0xCF, 0xDF, 0x80. Therefore we can say that the Base64 string "z9+A" represents the byte sequence 0xCF 0xDF 0x80. | ||
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| - | It's more compact than hexadecimal, which provides 4 bits per character, and thus it needs 2 characters per byte. With base64 only 4 characters are needed for every 3 bytes, or ~1.333 characters per byte on average. | ||
| The standard that specifies how Base64 is encoded requires that Base64 strings have a number of characters that is a multiple of four. When it is not, equal signs (=) are appended until it is. LSL is permissive with respect to padding, and accepts unpadded strings. When it generates Base64 strings, it generates them with padding. | The standard that specifies how Base64 is encoded requires that Base64 strings have a number of characters that is a multiple of four. When it is not, equal signs (=) are appended until it is. LSL is permissive with respect to padding, and accepts unpadded strings. When it generates Base64 strings, it generates them with padding. | ||