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Function BINARYDECODE

Converts a string to a binary object. Used to convert
binary data that has been encoded into string format
back into binary data.

Example

binarydecode(string encoded_binary,string binaryencoding):binary

Arguments

The arguments for this function are set. You can not use other arguments except the following ones.
Name Type Required Description
encoded_binary string  Yes A string containing encoded binary data.  
binaryencoding string  Yes A string specifying the algorithm used to encode the original
binary data into a string; must be one of the following:
  • hex: characters 0-9 and A-F represent the hexadecimal value of each byte
  • UU: data is encoded using the UNIX UUencode algorithm
  • base64: data is encoded using the Base64 algorithm