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Summary: Decoding text encoded in Quoted-Printable format
Language: C#
Author: Prasad GVL
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Culture: en-US
Bytes: 2701
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        /// 
        /// Returns string after decoding text, which was encoded in the Quoted Printable method.
        /// 
        /// Encoding used for the input data.
        /// String containing data to decode.
        /// 
        public static string QDecode(System.Text.Encoding encoding,string data)
      {
         MemoryStream dStrm = new MemoryStream();
         byte[] buffer, UnicodeChars;
         string str, encodedChar;
         int val;
         try
         {
            MemoryStream strm = new MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data));
            int Byte = strm.ReadByte();
            while(Byte > -1)
            {
               // Hex eg. =E4
               if(Byte == '=')
               {
                  buffer = new byte[2];
                  strm.Read(buffer,0,2);
                  str=System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer);
                  // When the data contains URLs, there is chance that normal characters appear after '=' symbol
                  // To handle this, we have to check whether the chars following '=' can be converted to Hexa or not
                  // If the chars cant be converted, then they should be converted as is
                  // i.e. program control goes to 'else' part
                  if(!(buffer[0] == '\r' && buffer[1] == '\n') //  followed by =, it's splitted line
                     && (IsHexChar(str.Substring(0,1)) && IsHexChar(str.Substring(1,1)))) // Make sure it is a Hex number
                  {
                     val = int.Parse(str,System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
                     encodedChar = encoding.GetString(new byte[]{(byte)val});
                     UnicodeChars = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(encodedChar);
                     dStrm.Write(UnicodeChars,0,UnicodeChars.Length);
                  }
                  else
                  {
                     // There is some text after '=', so convert them as is.
                     // First convert the '=' symbol
                     encodedChar = encoding.GetString(new byte[]{(byte)Byte});
                     UnicodeChars = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(encodedChar);
                     dStrm.Write(UnicodeChars,0,UnicodeChars.Length);
                     // Then convert the read 2 bytes, which are in buffer
                     encodedChar = encoding.GetString(buffer);
                     UnicodeChars = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(encodedChar);
                     dStrm.Write(UnicodeChars,0,UnicodeChars.Length);
                  }              
               }
               else
               {
                  encodedChar = encoding.GetString(new byte[]{(byte)Byte});
                  UnicodeChars = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(encodedChar);
                  dStrm.Write(UnicodeChars,0,UnicodeChars.Length);
               }
               Byte = strm.ReadByte();
            }
         }
         catch(Exception ex)
         {
            throw ex;
         }
         byte[] retchars=dStrm.ToArray();
         //Close the memory stream object
         dStrm.Close();
         return System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetString(retchars);
      }

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