int bytesWritten = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < chars.length(); ) {
        int chunk = alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 18;
        chunk |= alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 12;
        target[bytesWritten++] = (byte) (chunk >>> 16);
        if (i < chars.length()) {
          chunk |= alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 6;
          target[bytesWritten++] = (byte) ((chunk >>> 8) & 0xFF);
          if (i < chars.length()) {

        StringItem(String value, boolean followedByDigit) {
            if (followedByDigit && value.length() == 1) {
                // a1 = alpha-1, b1 = beta-1, m1 = milestone-1
                switch (value.charAt(0)) {
                    case 'a':
                        value = "alpha";
                        break;
                    case 'b':
                        value = "beta";
                        break;

        l1 = path1.length() - p1;
        l2 = path2.length() - p2;

        // anything with dots voids comparison
        if ( l1 > 1 && path1.charAt(p1 + 1) == '.' )
            return true;
        if ( l2 > 1 && path2.charAt(p2 + 1) == '.' )
            return true;

        return l1 == l2 && path1.regionMatches(true, p1, path2, p2, l1);
    }


    /**
     * 

  /** Helper to manually escape a 7-bit ascii character */
  private String escapeAscii(char c) {
    Preconditions.checkArgument(c < 128);
    String hex = "0123456789ABCDEF";
    return "%" + hex.charAt((c >> 4) & 0xf) + hex.charAt(c & 0xf);
  }

    if (stringValue.length() == 0) {
      throw new NumberFormatException("empty string");
    }

    // Handle radix specifier if present
    String rawValue;
    int radix;
    char firstChar = stringValue.charAt(0);
    if (stringValue.startsWith("0x") || stringValue.startsWith("0X")) {
      rawValue = stringValue.substring(2);
      radix = 16;
    } else if (firstChar == '#') {
      rawValue = stringValue.substring(1);

    // Inlineable fast-path loop which hands off to escapeSlow() only if needed
    int length = string.length();
    for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
      if (escape(string.charAt(index)) != null) {
        return escapeSlow(string, index);
      }
    }
    return string;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the escaped form of the given character, or {@code null} if this character does not

        while(( line = br.readLine() ) != null ) {
            line = line.toUpperCase().trim();
            if( line.length() == 0 ) {
                continue;
            } else if( line.charAt( 0 ) == '#' ) {
                if( line.startsWith( "#INCLUDE " )) {
                    line = line.substring( line.indexOf( '\\' ));
                    String url = "smb1:" + line.replace( '\\', '/' );

    int utf8Length = utf16Length;
    int i = 0;

    // This loop optimizes for pure ASCII.
    while (i < utf16Length && sequence.charAt(i) < 0x80) {
      i++;
    }

    // This loop optimizes for chars less than 0x800.
    for (; i < utf16Length; i++) {
      char c = sequence.charAt(i);
      if (c < 0x800) {
        utf8Length += ((0x7f - c) >>> 31); // branch free!
      } else {

        int zt = zterm ? 1 : 0;

        length = maximum_length = (short)((len + zt) * 2);
        buffer = new short[len + zt];

        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            buffer[i] = (short)str.charAt(i);
        }
        if (zterm) {
            buffer[i] = (short)0;
        }
    }

    public String toString() {
        int len = length / 2 - (zterm ? 1 : 0);
        char[] ca = new char[len];

    String testString = "abcdef";
    Reader reader = new StringReader(testString);

    assertEquals(testString.charAt(0), reader.read());
    CharStreams.skipFully(reader, 1);
    assertEquals(testString.charAt(2), reader.read());
    CharStreams.skipFully(reader, 2);
    assertEquals(testString.charAt(5), reader.read());

    assertEquals(-1, reader.read());
  }

  public void testAsWriter() {