Base64 is a group of similar binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data in an ASCII string format by translating it into a radix-64 representation. The term Base64 originates from a specific MIME content transfer encoding.
For example:
For text "base64", the base64 encoded string is "YmFzZTY0", the conversion is shown by the following table:
Text content | b | a | s | e | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ASCII | 98 (0x62) | 97 (0x61) | 115 (0x73) | 101 (0x65) | 54 (0x36) | 52 (0x34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bit pattern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Index | 24 | 38 | 5 | 51 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Base64-encoded | Y | m | F | z | Z | T | Y | 0 |
Value | Char | Value | Char | Value | Char | Value | Char | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | A | 16 | Q | 32 | g | 48 | w | |||
1 | B | 17 | R | 33 | h | 49 | x | |||
2 | C | 18 | S | 34 | i | 50 | y | |||
3 | D | 19 | T | 35 | j | 51 | z | |||
4 | E | 20 | U | 36 | k | 52 | 0 | |||
5 | F | 21 | V | 37 | l | 53 | 1 | |||
6 | G | 22 | W | 38 | m | 54 | 2 | |||
7 | H | 23 | X | 39 | n | 55 | 3 | |||
8 | I | 24 | Y | 40 | o | 56 | 4 | |||
9 | J | 25 | Z | 41 | p | 57 | 5 | |||
10 | K | 26 | a | 42 | q | 58 | 6 | |||
11 | L | 27 | b | 43 | r | 59 | 7 | |||
12 | M | 28 | c | 44 | s | 60 | 8 | |||
13 | N | 29 | d | 45 | t | 61 | 9 | |||
14 | O | 30 | e | 46 | u | 62 | + | |||
15 | P | 31 | f | 47 | v | 63 | / |