Decompress - Function Summary

Summary:

Decompresses a binary series back to a string.

Usage:

decompress data

Arguments:

data - Data to decompress (must be: binary)

Description:

If the data passed to the DECOMPRESS function has been altered or corrupted, a decompression error will occur.

write %file.txt read http://hq.rebol.net

probe size? %file.txt 5221

save %file.comp compress read %file.txt probe size? %file.comp 3143

write %file.decomp decompress load %file.comp probe size? %file.decomp 5221

Related:

compress - Compresses a string series and returns it.
debase - Converts a string from a different base representation to binary.
enbase - Converts a string to a different base representation.