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MIME Header Q and B Encoding and Decoding

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Demonstrates how to Q and B encode/decode.

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let sb = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();

let _ = sb.append("This is a test");

println!("{}", sb.get_encoded("B", "utf-8").unwrap_or_default());
// output is:
// =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=

println!("{}", sb.get_encoded("Q", "iso-8859-1").unwrap_or_default());
// output is:
// =?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=

let sb2 = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();

let _ = sb2.append("=?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=");
let _ = sb2.decode("B", "utf-8");
println!("{}", sb2.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());

// output is:
// This is a test

sb2.clear();
let _ = sb2.append("=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?=");
let _ = sb2.decode("Q", "utf-8");
println!("{}", sb2.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());

// output is:
// This is a test

// "B" or "Q" will decode both B and Q.
sb2.clear();
let _ = sb2.append("=?utf-8?Q?This_is_a_test?= 123 =?utf-8?B?VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=?=");
let _ = sb2.decode("Q", "utf-8");
println!("{}", sb2.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());

// output is:
// This is a test 123 This is a test