circuitpython/docs/library/ubinascii.rst

:mod:`ubinascii` -- binary/ASCII conversions
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.. module:: ubinascii
   :synopsis: binary/ASCII conversions

|see_cpython_module| :mod:`python:binascii`.

This module implements conversions between binary data and various
encodings of it in ASCII form (in both directions).

Functions
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.. function:: hexlify(data, [sep])

   Convert binary data to hexadecimal representation. Returns bytes string.

   .. admonition:: Difference to CPython
      :class: attention

      If additional argument, *sep* is supplied, it is used as a separator
      between hexadecimal values.

.. function:: unhexlify(data)

   Convert hexadecimal data to binary representation. Returns bytes string.
   (i.e. inverse of hexlify)

.. function:: a2b_base64(data)

   Convert Base64-encoded data to binary representation. Returns bytes string.

.. function:: b2a_base64(data)

   Encode binary data in Base64 format. Returns string.