Re: Decoding Base64

Becca wrote:
Richard Heathfield wrote:
Becca said:
Richard Heathfield wrote:
BB said:

Hello.

i am trying to decode a block of (what i think is) base64 into text,
The answer hasn't changed since the last time you asked, over in
comp.programming, under a different name.

thank you for replying (again). however, you did not answer my
question. so if it's not base64, then what is it?
Not C. This is comp.lang.c, not crack.my.secret.code.

You still seem to have ignored what Richard pointed out here, that this is the wrong group.

i want to know HOW to decode that string into plain text.
Then find out how it was encoded in the first place.

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Please don't quote peoples signatures. You should only quote the portions of a message you are responding to.

if i knew how it was encoded, i'd know how to decode it. as explained,
i know nothing about this sort of computer speak. that's why i came
for help. you're kind of a bitter guy, aren't you? still, thanks for
your input.

I've no idea what Richard has said else where, but his attitude to your posting here is hardly surprising. What do you think your local computer store would tell you if you took a printout of that code in and asked how to decode it? Round where I live they would look surprised and would not have a clue.

If you don't know how it is coded ask the person you got it from. Either that or study cryptography and learn how to crack it.

Your question has absolutely nothing to do with C so it does not belong here.
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Flash Gordon
Still sigless on this computer
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