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    filename: base64encode.m
    path of file: ./repos/gift/GroupICAT/icatb/@gifti/private
    
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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.
%
%   Examples
%   --------
%
    
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.
%
%   Examples
%   --------
%
%   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.

%   Author:      Peter J. Acklam
%   Time-stamp:  2004-02-03 21:36:56 +0100
%   E-mail:      pjacklam@online.no
%   URL:         http://home.online.no/~pjacklam


   % make sure we have the EOL value
   if nargin < 2
      eol = ''; %sprintf('\n');
   else
      if sum(size(eol) > 1) > 1
         error('EOL must be a vector.');
      end
      if any(eol(:) > 255)
         error('EOL can not contain values larger than 255.');
      end
   end

   if sum(size(x) > 1) > 1
      error('STR must be a vector.');
   end

   x   = uint8(x);
   eol = uint8(eol);

   ndbytes = length(x);                 % number of decoded bytes
   nchunks = ceil(ndbytes / 3);         % number of chunks/groups
   nebytes = 4 * nchunks;               % number of encoded bytes

   % add padding if necessary, to make the length of x a multiple of 3
   if rem(ndbytes, 3)
      x(end