my_base45_2.js

function encode(uint8array) {
    var output = [];

    for (var i = 0, length = uint8array.length; i < length; i+=2) {
      if (uint8array.length -i > 1) {
         var x = (uint8array[i]<<8)+ uint8array[i+1]
         var [ e, x ]  = divmod(x, 45*45)
         var [ d, c ] = divmod(x, 45)
         output.push(fromCharCode(c) + fromCharCode(d) + fromCharCode(e))
     } else {
         var x = uint8array[i]
         var [ d, c ] = divmod(x, 45)
         output.push(fromCharCode(c) + fromCharCode(d))
     }
    }
    return output.join('')
  };

  var divmod = function divmod(a,b) {
    var remainder = a
    var quotient = 0
    if (a >= b) {
        remainder = a % b
    quotient = (a - remainder) / b
    }
    return [ quotient, remainder ]
  }

  const BASE45_CHARSET = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ $%*+-./:"
  var fromCharCode = function fromCharCode(c) {
    return BASE45_CHARSET.charAt(c);
  };

function decode(str) {
    var output = []
    var buf = []

    for(var i = 0, length=str.length; i < length; i++) {
//console.log(i);
       var j = BASE45_CHARSET.indexOf(str[i])
       if (j < 0)
                console.log('Base45 decode: unknown character n.', i, j);
              //throw new Error('Base45 decode: unknown character');
       buf.push(j)
    }

    for(var i = 0, length=buf.length; i < length; i+=3) {
       var x = buf[i] + buf[i + 1] * 45
       if (length - i >= 3) {
          var [d, c] = divmod(x + buf[i + 2] * 45 * 45,256)
          output.push(d)
          output.push(c)
       } else {
         output.push(x)
       }
    }
console.log("output",output);
    var enc = new TextEncoder();
    return {"enc" : enc.encode(output), "raw" : output};
    //return Buffer.from(output);
  };