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<td class="h" align="right">Statements Executed</td>
<td align="left">15</td>
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<td class="h" align="right">Statement Execution Time</td>
<td align="left">432&micro;s</td>
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<tr><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">29&micro;s</span></td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">40&micro;s</span></td><td class="sub_name"><span style="display: none;">MIME::Base64::::BEGIN@3</span>MIME::Base64::<a href="MIME-Base64-pm-block.html#3">BEGIN@3</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">10&micro;s</span></td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">78&micro;s</span></td><td class="sub_name"><span style="display: none;">MIME::Base64::::BEGIN@4</span>MIME::Base64::<a href="MIME-Base64-pm-block.html#4">BEGIN@4</a></span></td></tr>

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      <th><span title="Number of subroutines calls">Calls</span></th>
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    <tr><td class="h"><a name="1"></a>1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">package MIME::Base64;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="2"></a>2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="3"></a>3</td><td class="c0">3</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 14&micro;s">43&micro;s</span></td><td class="c3">2</td><td class="c3">51&micro;s</td><td class="s"><div class="calls"><div class="calls_in"># spent 40&micro;s (29+11) within MIME::Base64::BEGIN@3 which was called
#    once (29&micro;s+11&micro;s) by SimpleDB::Client::BEGIN@47 at <a href="MIME-Base64-pm-block.html#3">line 3</a></div></div>use strict;<div class="calls"><div class="calls_out"># spent    40&micro;s making 1 call to <a href="MIME-Base64-pm-block.html#3">MIME::Base64::BEGIN@3</a>
# spent    11&micro;s making 1 call to <a href="strict-pm-block.html#34">strict::import</a></div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="4"></a>4</td><td class="c0">3</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 39&micro;s">118&micro;s</span></td><td class="c3">2</td><td class="c3">146&micro;s</td><td class="s"><div class="calls"><div class="calls_in"># spent 78&micro;s (10+68) within MIME::Base64::BEGIN@4 which was called
#    once (10&micro;s+68&micro;s) by SimpleDB::Client::BEGIN@47 at <a href="MIME-Base64-pm-block.html#4">line 4</a></div></div>use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT $VERSION);<div class="calls"><div class="calls_out"># spent    78&micro;s making 1 call to <a href="MIME-Base64-pm-block.html#4">MIME::Base64::BEGIN@4</a>
# spent    68&micro;s making 1 call to <a href="vars-pm-block.html#10">vars::import</a></div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="5"></a>5</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="6"></a>6</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 900ns">900ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">require Exporter;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="7"></a>7</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 9&micro;s">9&micro;s</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">@ISA = qw(Exporter);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="8"></a>8</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 700ns">700ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">@EXPORT = qw(encode_base64 decode_base64);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="9"></a>9</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="10"></a>10</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 300ns">300ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">$VERSION = '3.08';</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="11"></a>11</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="12"></a>12</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 500ns">500ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">require XSLoader;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="13"></a>13</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 242&micro;s">242&micro;s</span></td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c1">236&micro;s</td><td class="s">XSLoader::load('MIME::Base64', $VERSION);<div class="calls"><div class="calls_out"># spent   236&micro;s making 1 call to <a href="XSLoader-pm-block.html#22">XSLoader::load</a></div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="14"></a>14</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="15"></a>15</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 1&micro;s">1&micro;s</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">*encode = \&amp;encode_base64;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="16"></a>16</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 300ns">300ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">*decode = \&amp;decode_base64;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="17"></a>17</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="18"></a>18</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 17&micro;s">17&micro;s</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">1;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="19"></a>19</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="20"></a>20</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">__END__</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="21"></a>21</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="22"></a>22</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 NAME</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="23"></a>23</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="24"></a>24</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="25"></a>25</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="26"></a>26</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 SYNOPSIS</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="27"></a>27</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="28"></a>28</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"> use MIME::Base64;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="29"></a>29</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="30"></a>30</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"> $encoded = encode_base64('Aladdin:open sesame');</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="31"></a>31</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"> $decoded = decode_base64($encoded);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="32"></a>32</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="33"></a>33</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 DESCRIPTION</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="34"></a>34</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="35"></a>35</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">This module provides functions to encode and decode strings into and from the</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="36"></a>36</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">base64 encoding specified in RFC 2045 - I&lt;MIME (Multipurpose Internet</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="37"></a>37</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Mail Extensions)&gt;. The base64 encoding is designed to represent</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="38"></a>38</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">arbitrary sequences of octets in a form that need not be humanly</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="39"></a>39</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">readable. A 65-character subset ([A-Za-z0-9+/=]) of US-ASCII is used,</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="40"></a>40</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">enabling 6 bits to be represented per printable character.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="41"></a>41</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="42"></a>42</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The following functions are provided:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="43"></a>43</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="44"></a>44</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=over 4</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="45"></a>45</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="46"></a>46</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=item encode_base64($str)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="47"></a>47</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="48"></a>48</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=item encode_base64($str, $eol);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="49"></a>49</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="50"></a>50</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Encode data by calling the encode_base64() function.  The first</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="51"></a>51</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">argument is the string to encode.  The second argument is the</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="52"></a>52</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">line-ending sequence to use.  It is optional and defaults to &quot;\n&quot;.  The</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="53"></a>53</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">returned encoded string is broken into lines of no more than 76</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="54"></a>54</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">characters each and it will end with $eol unless it is empty.  Pass an</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="55"></a>55</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">empty string as second argument if you do not want the encoded string</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="56"></a>56</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">to be broken into lines.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="57"></a>57</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="58"></a>58</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=item decode_base64($str)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="59"></a>59</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="60"></a>60</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Decode a base64 string by calling the decode_base64() function.  This</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="61"></a>61</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">function takes a single argument which is the string to decode and</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="62"></a>62</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">returns the decoded data.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="63"></a>63</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="64"></a>64</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Any character not part of the 65-character base64 subset is</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="65"></a>65</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">silently ignored.  Characters occurring after a '=' padding character</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="66"></a>66</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">are never decoded.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="67"></a>67</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="68"></a>68</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">If the length of the string to decode, after ignoring</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="69"></a>69</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">non-base64 chars, is not a multiple of 4 or if padding occurs too early,</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="70"></a>70</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">then a warning is generated if perl is running under C&lt;-w&gt;.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="71"></a>71</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="72"></a>72</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=back</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="73"></a>73</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="74"></a>74</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">If you prefer not to import these routines into your namespace, you can</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="75"></a>75</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">call them as:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="76"></a>76</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="77"></a>77</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    use MIME::Base64 ();</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="78"></a>78</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $encoded = MIME::Base64::encode($decoded);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="79"></a>79</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $decoded = MIME::Base64::decode($encoded);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="80"></a>80</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="81"></a>81</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 DIAGNOSTICS</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="82"></a>82</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="83"></a>83</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The following warnings can be generated if perl is invoked with the</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="84"></a>84</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;-w&gt; switch:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="85"></a>85</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="86"></a>86</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=over 4</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="87"></a>87</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="88"></a>88</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=item Premature end of base64 data</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="89"></a>89</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="90"></a>90</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The number of characters to decode is not a multiple of 4.  Legal</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="91"></a>91</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">base64 data should be padded with one or two &quot;=&quot; characters to make</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="92"></a>92</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">its length a multiple of 4.  The decoded result will be the same</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="93"></a>93</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">whether the padding is present or not.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="94"></a>94</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="95"></a>95</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=item Premature padding of base64 data</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="96"></a>96</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="97"></a>97</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The '=' padding character occurs as the first or second character</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="98"></a>98</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">in a base64 quartet.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="99"></a>99</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="100"></a>100</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=back</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="101"></a>101</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="102"></a>102</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The following exception can be raised:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="103"></a>103</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="104"></a>104</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=over 4</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="105"></a>105</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="106"></a>106</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=item Wide character in subroutine entry</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="107"></a>107</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="108"></a>108</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The string passed to encode_base64() contains characters with code</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="109"></a>109</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">above 255.  The base64 encoding is only defined for single-byte</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="110"></a>110</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">characters.  Use the Encode module to select the byte encoding you</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="111"></a>111</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">want.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="112"></a>112</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="113"></a>113</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=back</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="114"></a>114</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="115"></a>115</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 EXAMPLES</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="116"></a>116</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="117"></a>117</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">If you want to encode a large file, you should encode it in chunks</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="118"></a>118</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">that are a multiple of 57 bytes.  This ensures that the base64 lines</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="119"></a>119</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">line up and that you do not end up with padding in the middle. 57</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="120"></a>120</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">bytes of data fills one complete base64 line (76 == 57*4/3):</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="121"></a>121</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="122"></a>122</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="123"></a>123</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="124"></a>124</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   open(FILE, &quot;/var/log/wtmp&quot;) or die &quot;$!&quot;;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="125"></a>125</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   while (read(FILE, $buf, 60*57)) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="126"></a>126</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">       print encode_base64($buf);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="127"></a>127</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   }</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="128"></a>128</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="129"></a>129</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">or if you know you have enough memory</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="130"></a>130</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="131"></a>131</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="132"></a>132</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   local($/) = undef;  # slurp</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="133"></a>133</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   print encode_base64(&lt;STDIN&gt;);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="134"></a>134</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="135"></a>135</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The same approach as a command line:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="136"></a>136</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="137"></a>137</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   perl -MMIME::Base64 -0777 -ne 'print encode_base64($_)' &lt;file</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="138"></a>138</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="139"></a>139</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Decoding does not need slurp mode if every line contains a multiple</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="140"></a>140</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">of four base64 chars:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="141"></a>141</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="142"></a>142</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">   perl -MMIME::Base64 -ne 'print decode_base64($_)' &lt;file</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="143"></a>143</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="144"></a>144</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Perl v5.8 and better allow extended Unicode characters in strings.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="145"></a>145</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Such strings cannot be encoded directly, as the base64</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="146"></a>146</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">encoding is only defined for single-byte characters.  The solution is</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="147"></a>147</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">to use the Encode module to select the byte encoding you want.  For</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="148"></a>148</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">example:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="149"></a>149</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="150"></a>150</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="151"></a>151</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    use Encode qw(encode);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="152"></a>152</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="153"></a>153</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $encoded = encode_base64(encode(&quot;UTF-8&quot;, &quot;\x{FFFF}\n&quot;));</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="154"></a>154</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print $encoded;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="155"></a>155</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="156"></a>156</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 COPYRIGHT</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="157"></a>157</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="158"></a>158</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Copyright 1995-1999, 2001-2004 Gisle Aas.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="159"></a>159</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="160"></a>160</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="161"></a>161</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="162"></a>162</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="163"></a>163</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Distantly based on LWP::Base64 written by Martijn Koster</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="164"></a>164</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">&lt;m.koster@nexor.co.uk&gt; and Joerg Reichelt &lt;j.reichelt@nexor.co.uk&gt; and</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="165"></a>165</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">code posted to comp.lang.perl &lt;3pd2lp$6gf@wsinti07.win.tue.nl&gt; by Hans</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="166"></a>166</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Mulder &lt;hansm@wsinti07.win.tue.nl&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="167"></a>167</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="168"></a>168</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">The XS implementation uses code from metamail.  Copyright 1991 Bell</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="169"></a>169</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="170"></a>170</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="171"></a>171</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 SEE ALSO</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="172"></a>172</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="173"></a>173</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">L&lt;MIME::QuotedPrint&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="174"></a>174</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="175"></a>175</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=cut</td></tr>
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