base64 encoding

[attaman2008]

Hi all.

Can anybody suggest me the best way to encode one variable in dataset to base64.

[Ksharp]

Do you want to encode a dataset?

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a000344147.htm

[attaman2008]

Thanks, but I need to encode only one variable in dataset, I use SAS 9.1.3. I need something like function or format. I know that there's needed format, but it's available starting from SAS 9.2. Does anyone know a way to do it in 9.1.3 ?

[Tom]

Here is one method.  You will need to modify it to store the result into a variable instead of writing to the log.

proc format ;
  value base64c 
0 = A   16 = Q   32 = g   48 = w
1 = B   17 = R   33 = h   49 = x
2 = C   18 = S   34 = i   50 = y
3 = D   19 = T   35 = j   51 = z
4 = E   20 = U   36 = k   52 = 0
5 = F   21 = V   37 = l   53 = 1
6 = G   22 = W   38 = m   54 = 2
7 = H   23 = X   39 = n   55 = 3
8 = I   24 = Y   40 = o   56 = 4
9 = J   25 = Z   41 = p   57 = 5
10 = K   26 = a   42 = q   58 = 6
11 = L   27 = b   43 = r   59 = 7
12 = M   28 = c   44 = s   60 = 8
13 = N   29 = d   45 = t   61 = 9
14 = O   30 = e   46 = u   62 = '+'
15 = P   31 = f   47 = v  63 = '/'
  ;
run;
data x;
  length string $9;
  string='hello';
  do i=1 by 3 until(i > length(string));
    char4 = put(substr(string||'   ',i,3),binary24.);
    do j=1,7,13,19 ;
      char1 = put(input(substr(char4,j),binary6.),base64c.);
      put char1 $1. @;
    end;
  end;
  base64 = put(string,$base64x12.);
  put / base64 / string=;
run;

[FriedEgg]

Tom shows the best method.  Base64 encoding in done via format in SAS instead of what you may more intuitivly think would be a function.

Here is just something dumb to convert the format usage to function usage...

proc fcmp outlib=work.func.cipher;

function b64(string $) $;

  length digest $32767;

  digest=strip(put(string,$base64x32767.));

  return(digest);

endsub;

quit;

options cmplib=(work.func);

data _null_;

string='hello';

b64=b64(string);

put b64;

run;

[attaman2008]

Tom and FriedEgg - thank you very much )