unit Code4Bin;
interface
uses
System.SysUtils, System.NetEncoding;
function BinaryToString(const BinaryData: TBytes): string;
function StringToBinary(const Str: string): TBytes;
implementation
function BinaryToString(const BinaryData: TBytes): string;
begin
if Length(BinaryData) = 0 then
Result := ''
else
Result := TNetEncoding.Base64.EncodeBytesToString(BinaryData);
end;
function StringToBinary(const Str: string): TBytes;
begin
if Str = '' then
Result := TBytes.Create()
else
Result := TNetEncoding.Base64.DecodeStringToBytes(Str);
end;
end.
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