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Perl

Decode Base64

Demonstrates how to decode base64.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$bd = chilkat::CkBinData->new();

# Append a base64 string to bd.
$success = $bd->AppendEncoded("c2VjcmV0","base64");

# The bd now contains the decoded bytes.
# Let's say it was a password string..
$password = $bd->getString("utf-8");

# Decodes to "secret".
print "password = " . $password . "\r\n";