base64_decode_tostring()
Applies to: ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel
Decodes a base64 string to a UTF-8 string.
Deprecated aliases: base64_decodestring()
base64_decode_tostring(base64_string)
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| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| base64_string | string |
✔️ | The value to decode from base64 to UTF-8 string. |
Returns UTF-8 string decoded from base64 string.
print Quine=base64_decode_tostring("S3VzdG8=")
Output
| Quine |
|---|
| Kusto |
Trying to decode a base64 string that was generated from invalid UTF-8 encoding returns null:
print Empty=base64_decode_tostring("U3RyaW5n0KHR0tGA0L7Rh9C60LA=")
Output
| Empty |
|---|
- To decode base64 strings to an array of long values, see base64_decode_toarray()
- To encode strings to base64 string, see base64_encode_tostring()