How do I decode a base64 encoded string?

Question

I am trying to "decode" this following Base64 string:

OBFZDTcPCxlCKhdXCQ0kMQhKPh9uIgYIAQxALBtZAwUeOzcdcUEeW0dMO1kbPElWCV1ISFFKZ0kdWFlLAURPZhEFQVseXVtPOUUICVhMAzcfZ14AVEdIVVgfAUIBWVpOUlAeaUVMXFlKIy9rGUN0VF08Oz1POxFfTCcVFw1LMQNbBQYWAQ==

This is what I know about the string itself:

1. The original string is first passed through the following code:

   private static string m000493(string p0, string p1)
   {
       StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(p0);
       StringBuilder builder2 = new StringBuilder(p1);
       StringBuilder builder3 = new StringBuilder(p0.Length);
       int num = 0;
   Label_0084:
       while (num < builder.Length)
       {
           int num2 = 0;
           while (num2 < p1.Length)
           {
               if ((num == builder.Length) || (num2 == builder2.Length))
               {
                   MessageBox.Show("EH?");
                   goto Label_0084;
               }
               char ch = builder[num];
               char ch2 = builder2[num2];
               ch = (char)(ch ^ ch2);
               builder3.Append(ch);
               num2++;
               num++;
           }
       }
       return m0001cd(builder3.ToString());
   }
   

   The p1 part in the code is supposed to be the string "_p0lizei.".

2. It is then converted to a Base64 string by the following code:

   private static string m0001cd(string p0)
   {
       string str2;
       try
       {
           byte[] buffer = new byte[p0.Length];
           str2 = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(p0));
       }
       catch (Exception exception)
       {
           throw new Exception("Error in base64Encode" + exception.Message);
       }
       return str2;
   }
   

The question is, how do I decode the Base64 string so that I can find out what the original string is?

Answer 1

Simple:

byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String(encodedString);
string decodedString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);