Vocabulary
base64

Inputs and outputs

seq	a sequence
base64	a string of base64 characters

Word description
Converts a sequence to its base64 representation by taking six bits at a time as an index into a lookup table containing alphanumerics, '+', and '/'. The result is padded with '=' if the input was not a multiple of six bits.

Examples

USING: prettyprint base64 strings ; "The monorail is a free service." >base64 >string .
"VGhlIG1vbm9yYWlsIGlzIGEgZnJlZSBzZXJ2aWNlLg=="

See also
>base64-lines, base64>

Definition

USING: base64.private io.encodings.binary io.streams.byte-array
;

IN: base64

: >base64 ( seq -- base64 )
binary [
ensure-encode-length binary
[ encode-base64 ] with-byte-reader
] with-byte-writer ;