Decode

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Decode

Description

Convert to/from Base64 encoding, URL encoding, escaped HTML or escaped XML.

 

Example

Convert <'Hello World!'> to base64 encoding:

 

how to convert text to base64 encoding example

 

Type

Plaintext

Encoded

Based64 encoding

<'Hello World!'>

PCdIZWxsbyBXb3JsZCEnPg==

URL encoding

<'Hello World!'>

%3C%27Hello%20World%21%27%3E

HTML escaping

<'Hello World!'>

&lt;'Hello World!'&gt;

XML escaping

<'Hello World!'>

&lt;&apos;Hello World!&apos;&gt;

 

Inputs

One.

 

Options

•Check the column(s) you wish to transform.

•Set Change according to how you want to decode/encode the selected columns.

 

Notes

•This is distinct from text encoding (e.g. UTF-8 vs UTF-16) which is handled on input and output.

•Use Copy Cols to copy columns before you transform them.

•Data input from XML files and output to HTML and XML files is unescaped/escaped automatically.