llBase64ToString

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Base64ToString

llBase64ToString

Summary

Function: string llBase64ToString( string str );

0.0	Forced Delay
10.0	Energy

Returns a string that is the Base64 str decoded into a conventional string, interpreting the Base64-encoded bytes as UTF-8 character sequence.

• string

str

–

Base64 string

Caveats

• If the conversion creates any unprintable characters, they are converted to spaces.
• Converts invalid characters into question marks ('?').

Examples

<source lang="lsl2">default {

   state_entry()
   {
       string test = llBase64ToString("U2VjcmV0Ok9wZW4=");
       llSay(0,test );
   }

}</source>

This can be used in  Basic Authentication, such as this login:

GET / HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.2)
Host: www.example.com
Authorization: Basic U2VjcmV0Ok9wZW4= 

<source lang="lsl2">llBase64ToString("U2VjcmV0Ok9wZW4="); //will return the string "Secret:Open"</source>

See Also

Functions

•	llXorBase64	–	Article also discusses xor based Cryptography.
•	llStringToBase64
•	llBase64ToInteger

Articles

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Base64

Deep Notes

Signature
function string llBase64ToString( string str );