Name: decompress

Type: function

Syntax: decompress(<gzippedString>)

Syntax: the decompress of <gzippedString>

Summary: <return|Returns> the plain text of a gzip-encoded <string>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:

decompress(receivedString)

Example:

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

Example:

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

Parameters:

gzippedString (string):

data (string): A string of compressed binary data.

Returns: The <decompress> <function> <return|returns> a <string>.

Description:

Use the <decompress> <function(control_st)> to regain the original data that was <compress|compressed>.

The decompress <function(control_st)> is the <inverse> of the <compress> <function(control_st)>.

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> <function(glossary)|functions>, see [RFC 1952](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952). The <decompress> <function(control_st)> uses the zlib compression library.

References: string (keyword), inverse (keyword), base64Decode (function), compress (function), URLDecode (function), compress (glossary), return (glossary), function (glossary), function (control_st)

Tags: text processing