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Daniel Klöck
Daniel Klöck

Reputation: 21147

decode base64 string as UTF-8

I am using the base64 implementation at the bottom of this post.

If I use following code:

NSLog(@"decoded:%@",[[[NSString alloc] initWithData:[Base64 decode:@"8fEmIzEyNDA3OyYjMTI0MTE7"] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease]);

I get decoded:(null)

However, if I use:

NSLog(@"decoded 1:%@",[[[NSString alloc] initWithData:[Base64 decode:@"8fEmIzEyNDA3OyYjMTI0MTE7"] encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding] autorelease]);

I get decoded:ññぷほ

But I should get decoded:ññぷほ

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6897

Answers (2)

Thomas Anagrius
Thomas Anagrius

Reputation: 926

You should read this article by Matt Gallagher. At the bottom there is link with code for iOS if that is what you are after.

It provides an class extension to NSData which is you string is easily converted from and too.

Upvotes: 0

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 799420

Those are HTML character references. You'll need to decode further if you want raw text.

Upvotes: 2

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