Base64 encode and decode in javascript

base64.js

var Base64 = {
    characters: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=" ,

    encode: function( string )
    {
        var characters = Base64.characters;
        var result     = '';

        var i = 0;
        do {
            var a = string.charCodeAt(i++);
            var b = string.charCodeAt(i++);
            var c = string.charCodeAt(i++);

            a = a ? a : 0;
            b = b ? b : 0;
            c = c ? c : 0;

            var b1 = ( a >> 2 ) & 0x3F;
            var b2 = ( ( a & 0x3 ) << 4 ) | ( ( b >> 4 ) & 0xF );
            var b3 = ( ( b & 0xF ) << 2 ) | ( ( c >> 6 ) & 0x3 );
            var b4 = c & 0x3F;

            if( ! b ) {
                b3 = b4 = 64;
            } else if( ! c ) {
                b4 = 64;
            }

            result += Base64.characters.charAt( b1 ) + Base64.characters.charAt( b2 ) + Base64.characters.charAt( b3 ) + Base64.characters.charAt( b4 );

        } while ( i < string.length );

        return result;
    } ,

    decode: function( string )
    {
        var characters = Base64.characters;
        var result     = '';

        var i = 0;
        do {
            var b1 = Base64.characters.indexOf( string.charAt(i++) );
            var b2 = Base64.characters.indexOf( string.charAt(i++) );
            var b3 = Base64.characters.indexOf( string.charAt(i++) );
            var b4 = Base64.characters.indexOf( string.charAt(i++) );

            var a = ( ( b1 & 0x3F ) << 2 ) | ( ( b2 >> 4 ) & 0x3 );
            var b = ( ( b2 & 0xF  ) << 4 ) | ( ( b3 >> 2 ) & 0xF );
            var c = ( ( b3 & 0x3  ) << 6 ) | ( b4 & 0x3F );

            result += String.fromCharCode(a) + (b?String.fromCharCode(b):'') + (c?String.fromCharCode(c):'');

        } while( i < string.length );

        return result;
    }
};

if( ! b ) {
b3 = b4 = 64;
}
????
String.fromCharCode(0) ???

@Yaffle: I know there is a question formulated in there somewhere but I can not seem to find it ;-)

@yahiko,
this algorithm returns wrong result on the following tests:

alert(Base64.encode(''));
alert(window.btoa(''));
alert(Base64.encode('a' + String.fromCharCode(0)));
alert(window.btoa('a' + String.fromCharCode(0)));