Base64 encoding for special characters

[simptri69]

Hello,

I recently downloaded a base64 library in C and it works perfectly for ascii characters but when i try to encode characters such as 'é', 'ù', or basically any non-ascii character, the encoding is not correct. In addition, printing of the characters is incorrect as well on the console. Due to this issue I am unable to encode image files correctly. Could use some help, please.

Thank you.

[Cubbi]

Base64 doesn't consume characters, it consumes bytes, and makes no distinction between their values. ('é' and 'ù' are characters, two bytes each in utf-8: \xc3\xa9 and \xc3\xb9, but it can't be relevant to encoding an image file).

If you're using the library correctly and it indeed doesn't encode some bytes, find a working library? Otherwise, show how exactly you're using it.

Here's a demo base64-encoding and decoding a string containing all 256 bytes, using boost: http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/a/f9ac8cde34359be6