encodingcharacter-encodingbase64

Is a space possible in a base64 encoding?

Is it possible for a string generated from a base64 encoding to have a space (' ') in it?

Solution

  • No. Next question?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#Variants_summary_table

    Actually, spaces and CRLFs are usually silently skipped during the decoding, as they might appear as a result of splitting long strings.