# What do Encode and Decode do?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/what-do-encode-and-decode-do/16993>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/what-do-encode-and-decode-do/16993 "2022-12-20T17:45:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PixelDoodle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/pixeldoodle/32/24129_2.png) [@PixelDoodle](https://forum.makecode.com/u/PixelDoodle)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/what-do-encode-and-decode-do/16993/1 "2022-12-20T17:45:57Z")

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Pretty Self explantory but what do they do?

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**Author:** ![SoftTalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/softtalker/32/10776_2.png) [@SoftTalker](https://forum.makecode.com/u/SoftTalker)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/what-do-encode-and-decode-do/16993/2 "2022-12-21T17:58:27Z")

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decode make code for Encode.Encode takes the code and transform it in to something .i guess