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Base62
Encoding for a sequence of byte values using 62 printable characters
Base62 is a binary-to-text encoding that represents arbitrary data (including binary data) as ASCII text. It encodes data as the 62 letters and digits of ASCII , capital letters A-Z, lower case letters a-z and digits 0-9.
123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz = 58 characters = base58 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz = 62 characters = base62 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+/ = 64 characters = base6401Alphabet
The Base62 alphabet:
| Value | Char | Value | Char | Value | Char | Value | Char | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 16 | G | 32 | W | 48 | m | |||
| 1 | 1 | 17 | H | 33 | X | 49 | n | |||
| 2 | 2 | 18 | I | 34 | Y | 50 | o | |||
| 3 | 3 | 19 | J | 35 | Z | 51 | p | |||
| 4 | 4 | 20 | K | 36 | a | 52 | q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 21 | L | 37 | b | 53 | r | |||
| 6 | 6 | 22 | M | 38 | c | 54 | s | |||
| 7 | 7 | 23 | N | 39 | d | 55 | t | |||
| 8 | 8 | 24 | O | 40 | e | 56 | u | |||
| 9 | 9 | 25 | P | 41 | f | 57 | v | |||
| 10 | A | 26 | Q | 42 | g | 58 | w | |||
| 11 | B | 27 | R | 43 | h | 59 | x | |||
| 12 | C | 28 | S | 44 | i | 60 | y | |||
| 13 | D | 29 | T | 45 | j | 61 | z | |||
| 14 | E | 30 | U | 46 | k | |||||
| 15 | F | 31 | V | 47 | l |
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