decompress

Type

function

Summary

Returns the plain text of a gzip-encoded string.

Syntax

decompress(<gzippedString>)

the decompress of <gzippedString>

Description

Use the decompress function to regain the original data that was compressed.

The decompress function is the inverse of the compress function.

The uncompressed result is typically about half again the size of the compressed data, although different results may be obtained depending on the amount of data.

For technical information about the format used by the compress and decompress functions, see RFC 1952. The decompress function uses the zlib compression library.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
gzippedString	string	A string of compressed binary data.

Examples

decompress(tReceivedString)

put decompress(it) into URL "file:data.txt"

go stack decompress(URL "binfile:newstuff.gz")

Value

Name	Type	Description
return	string	The decompress function returns a string.

Related

function: base64Decode, compress, URLDecode

glossary: compress, return, function

keyword: string, inverse

control structure: function

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile