==== uuencode ====

Decode an UU-encoded string

=== Description ===

<code>uuencode( dest[], const source[], maxlength=sizeof dest )</code>

This function always creates a packed string. The string has a newline character at the end.

Binary data is encoded in chunks of 45 bytes. To extract 45 bytes from an array with data, possibly from a byte-aligned address, you can use the function memcpy.

A buffer may be encoded “in-place” if the destination buffer is large enough. Endian issues (for multi-byte values in the data stream) are not handled.

//NOTE: This is a rarely needed command for ezeio programming.//

=== Parameters ===

| ''dest'' | The buffer that will hold the encoded data |
| ''source'' | The plaintext source buffer |
| ''maxlength'' (optional) | The size of dest in cells. If the length of dest would exceed maxlength cells, the result is truncated. |

=== Return value ===

Returns the number of characters encoded, excluding the zero string terminator; if the dest buffer is too small, not all bytes are stored.

=== Example usage ===

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