love.data.encode

Available since LÖVE 11.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Encode Data or a string to a Data or string in one of the EncodeFormats.

Function

Synopsis

encoded = love.data.encode( container, format, sourceString, linelength )

Arguments

ContainerType container

What type to return the encoded data as.

EncodeFormat format

The format of the output data.

string sourceString

The raw data to encode.

number linelength (0)

The maximum line length of the output. Only supported for base64, ignored if 0.

Returns

value encoded

ByteData/string which contains the encoded version of source.

Function

Synopsis

encoded = love.data.encode( container, format, sourceData, linelength )

Arguments

ContainerType container

What type to return the encoded data as.

EncodeFormat format

The format of the output data.

Data sourceData

The raw data to encode.

number linelength (0)

The maximum line length of the output. Only supported for base64, ignored if 0.

Returns

value encoded

ByteData/string which contains the encoded version of source.

See Also

• love.data
• love.data.decode