Method Description

WbString.fromBase64()

Extract the source string from a base-64 encoded argument.

See Also

Syntax

WbString = WbString.fromBase64(input_string)

Parameters

The 'WbString.fromBase64' method takes 1 parameter:

Results

The 'WbString.fromBase64' method returns WbString:

Remarks

Decodes a base-64 encoded string into a standard string.

Note: This is a method method on WbString and so is invoked as WbString.toBase64(str);

Example

base-64 encoding are generally used to encode non-printable binary data into a plain-text format that can be safely delivered over SMTP. This method takes a string and returns a new WbString instance containing the original (decoded) source string.

Note: base-64 encoding is used most often to encode binary, non-printable objects such as images. If the item you are decoding is likely to be a binary object then use Binary.fromBase64() method instead. If the string being decoded came from an email then the mime-type is likely to tell you how to process the encoded data.

The method returns a new WbString instance that to all intents and purposes can be treated as a standard Javascript string object.