Base32

Base32 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that represents binary data as a sequence of 32 characters (letters and numbers).

How it works

Base32 encoding works by dividing the binary data into 5-bit blocks and then representing each block as a character in a predefined set of 32 characters.

The symbol "=" is used as padding.

This results in a representation that is more compact than the original binary data, making it easier to store or transmit.

000000A

00001

1

B

00010

2

C

00011

3

D

00100

4

E

00101

5

F

00110

6

G

00111

7

H

01000

8

I

01001

9

J

01010

10

K

01011

11

L

01100

12

M

01101

13

N

01110

14

O

01111

15

P

10000

16

Q

10001

17

R

10010

18

S

10011

19

T

10100

20

U

10101

21

V

10110

22

W

10111

23

X

11000

24

Y

11001

25

Z

11010

26

2

11011

27

3

11100

28

4

11101

29

5

11110

30

6

11111

31

7

Python

import base64

data = b"SomeData"

encoded = base64.b32encode(data)

decoded = base64.b32decode(encoded)

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