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Text.DecodeFromBase64
Decode a base 64 string.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Text | 3.0 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "Text.DecodeFromBase64"; text { ; encoding } ) More
(old name: String.DecodeFromBase64)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | The text to process. | "R3LDvMOfIEdvdHQuIFRlc3Qg4pi6" | |
| encoding | The text encoding for result. Default is native. This function can also handle UTF-16 as well as UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE for little/big endian byte order. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"UTF-8" | Optional |
Result
Returns decoded text.
Description
Decode a base 64 string.This is for text only. Data encoded as base64 would probably be truncated as FileMaker texts do not contain NULL bytes.
Examples
Decode Base64 as UTF-8:
MBS( "Text.DecodeFromBase64"; "R3LDvMOfIEdvdHQuIFRlc3Qg4pi6"; "utf8" )
Example result: "Grüß Gott. Test ☺"
See also
- Text.DecodeBytesFromBase64
- Text.DecodeFromBase64URL
- Text.DecodeFromBytes
- Text.DecodeFromHex
- Text.DecodeHexFromBase64
- Text.EncodeToBase64
- TOTP.DecodeFromBase32
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This function is free to use.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 11st December 2016
