Method: Base64#b64encode

Defined in:
lib/base64.rb

#b64encode(bin, len = 60) ⇒ Object (private)

Prints the Base64 encoded version of bin (a String) in lines of len (default 60) characters.

require 'base64'
data = "Now is the time for all good coders\nto learn Ruby" 
Base64.b64encode(data)

Generates:

Tm93IGlzIHRoZSB0aW1lIGZvciBhbGwgZ29vZCBjb2RlcnMKdG8gbGVhcm4g
UnVieQ==



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# File 'lib/base64.rb', line 112

def b64encode(bin, len = 60)
  encode64(bin).scan(/.{1,#{len}}/o) do
    print $&, "\n"
  end
end