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  The base64gunzip function decodes a Base64-encoded string and uncompresses the result with gzip.
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# `base64gunzip` Function

`base64gunzip` decodes a Base64-encoded string and uncompresses the result with gzip.

Opentofu uses the "standard" Base64 alphabet as defined in
[RFC 4648 section 4](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-4).

## Related Functions

* [`base64gzip`](../../language/functions/base64gzip.mdx) compresses a string with gzip and then encodes the result in
Base64 encoding.
