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<h4 class="subsection">36.4.3 Base64 and Binary Data Transmission</h4>
<p>Some transmission channels can not accept binary data. It is customary to
encode binary data in Base64 for transmission and to decode the data upon
reception.
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<dt><a name="index-base64_005fencode"></a><em><var>s</var> =</em> <strong>base64_encode</strong> <em>(<var>x</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Encode a double matrix or array <var>x</var> into the base64 format string
<var>s</var>.
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<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFbase64_005fdecode">base64_decode</a>.
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<dt><a name="index-base64_005fdecode"></a><em><var>x</var> =</em> <strong>base64_decode</strong> <em>(<var>s</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-base64_005fdecode-1"></a><em><var>x</var> =</em> <strong>base64_decode</strong> <em>(<var>s</var>, <var>dims</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Decode the double matrix or array <var>x</var> from the base64 encoded string
<var>s</var>.
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<p>The optional input parameter <var>dims</var> should be a vector containing the
dimensions of the decoded array.
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<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFbase64_005fencode">base64_encode</a>.
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