Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding

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Evertjan.:

> Jupi:
> 
>>>> I need to encode string using Central European Windows-1250 encoding.
>>>> I know how to use simple base64 but it is utf-8 encoded and I need
>>>> windows-1250.
> 
> IMHO:
> 
> base64 translates ["encodes"] any string into a human-readable string.

Base64 does not encode "strings" (= sequences of characters); it encodes 
sequences of octets (bytes).

To "base64-encode a string", you actually perform two steps:

1. Apply a character encoding to transform the string into a sequence of 
bytes.
2. Base64-encode the result to get a sequence of base64 characters.

I guess Jupi just wants to use Windows-1250 encoding for step 1.

He could use this code on node.js:

   var windows1250 = require("windows-1250");
   var btoa = require('btoa');
   var bytes = windows1250.encode("Perišić");
   var b64 = btoa(bytes);

<https://runkit.com/embed/tqtkt1s6ik5n>

Result: b64 == "UGVyaZpp5g=="


> It should[!] not matter what is in the input string,
> or what encoding is used.

It actually does matter which encoding is used for step 1.

Thread

Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-08 16:21 +0200
  Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-08 20:26 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-08 22:09 +0200
      Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-08 22:57 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 07:02 +0200
      Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 09:25 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 09:52 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 10:12 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:25 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 09:53 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:01 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 10:17 +0200
              Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:32 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:02 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 10:20 +0200
              Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:29 +0200
                Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-06-09 12:07 +0200
      Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-06-09 09:30 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 09:55 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-06-09 13:11 +0200
        Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Frank Kozuschnik <franko@nurfuerspam.de> - 2018-06-09 12:45 +0200
          Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 13:13 +0200
            Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Mickey Finn <mfinn@gmail.com> - 2018-06-14 19:22 -0300
  Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-06-09 12:30 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Jupi Krem <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 13:14 +0200
    Re: Base64 encode using using windows-1250 encoding Yappi <nomail@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 13:33 +0200

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