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# decode:crypt — Symmetric-key decryption

DECODE:CRYPT decryptes ciphertext with a key according to a given cipher.

DECODE:CRYPT is the complement of the ENCODE:CRYPT operation.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Result variable name |
| cipher | string |  | Cipher |
| iv | string |  | Initialization vector |
| key | string |  | Cryptographic key |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var; type: string