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BASE64ENCODE Perform base64 encoding on a string.

BASE64ENCODE(STR, EOL) encode the given string STR. EOL is the line ending
sequence to use; it is optional and defaults to '\n' (ASCII decimal 10).
The returned encoded string is broken into lines of no more than 76
characters each, and each line will end with EOL unless it is empty. Let
EOL be empty if you do not want the encoded string broken into lines.

STR and EOL don't have to be strings (i.e., char arrays). The only
requirement is that they are vectors containing values in the range 0-255.

This function may be used to encode strings into the Base64 encoding
specified in RFC 2045 - MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). The
Base64 encoding is designed to represent arbitrary sequences of octets in a
form that need not be humanly readable. A 65-character subset
([A-Za-z0-9+/=]) of US-ASCII is used, enabling 6 bits to be represented per
printable character.

If you want to encode a large file, you should encode it in chunks that are
a multiple of 57 bytes. This ensures that the base64 lines line up and
that you do not end up with padding in the middle. 57 bytes of data fills
one complete base64 line (76 == 57*4/3):

If ifid and ofid are two file identifiers opened for reading and writing,
respectively, then you can base64 encode the data with

  while ~feof(ifid)  
     fwrite(ofid, base64encode(fread(ifid, 60\*57)));  
  end  

or, if you have enough memory,

  fwrite(ofid, base64encode(fread(ifid)));  

See also BASE64DECODE.