const std::string s =

"René Nyffenegger\n"

"http://www.renenyffenegger.ch\n"

"passion for data\n";

std::string encoded = base64_encode(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(s.c_str()), s.length());

std::string decoded = base64_decode(encoded);

std::cout << "encoded: " << std::endl << encoded << std::endl << std::endl;

std::cout << "decoded: " << std::endl << decoded << std::endl;

return 0;