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How can I know the encode of a text file?

How can I know the encode of a text file?
such as ASCII, UTF-8 ,UFT-16 ,etc.

CUI WEI Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:05 AM

Usually a byte order mark (BOM) is appended before any other text in the file. This BOM is used to tell the encoding of the following text.

XML files have this information in their starting tag.

If either of the above information is not present, then you have to make a guess.

thanks

Seshagiri

VenkatCh Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:27 PM

Coudl you write some code to judge the encode of a text file!
you know, when a user upload a text to a server, you should judge the encode of the text file!

CUI WEI Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:20 PM

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