A Base₄₇ encoder/decoder that uses emojis as its character set

This is a silly base encoding algorithm written in Kotlin. It purposefully uses an inefficient base to encode to, base 47, and also uses a non-traditional character set. The character set used is a subset of unicode emojis, most of the animal emojis.

Include it as a gradle submodule

dependencies {
    compile project(':library')
}

val testString = "Hello World!!!"

val encodedTestString = Base47.encode(testString.getBytes())
...

String testString = "Hello World!!!";

String encodedTestString = Base47.encode(testString.getBytes());
...

...
val decodedTestStringBytes = Base47.decode(encodedTestString)

val decodedTestString = new String(decodedTestStringBytes)

assert(decodedTestString == testString)

...
byte[] decodedTestStringBytes = Base47.decode(encodedTestString);

String decodedTestString = new String(decodedTestStringBytes);

assert decodedTestString.equals(testString);

Base47 is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.