B4X

StringBuilder Encode

Demonstrates the Chilkat StringBuilder Encode method. B4X

Dim s As String = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

Dim sb As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize

sb.Append(s)

'  output: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Log(sb.GetAsString)

sb.Encode("base64", "utf-8")

'  output: VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wcyBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZw==
Log(sb.GetAsString)

sb.Decode("base64", "utf-8")
'  output: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Log(sb.GetAsString)

'  Now encode to hex..
sb.Encode("hex", "utf-8")
'  output: 54686520717569636B2062726F776E20666F78206A756D7073206F76657220746865206C617A7920646F67
Log(sb.GetAsString)

sb.Decode("hex", "utf-8")
'  URL encode
sb.Encode("url", "utf-8")
Log(sb.GetAsString)

sb.Decode("url", "utf-8")
'  base64url
sb.Encode("base64url", "utf-8")
Log(sb.GetAsString)

'  other possible encodings include modbase64, base32, base58, quoted-printable, url_rfc1738, url_rfc2396, url_rfc3986, and fingerprint