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CharacterEncoding

CharacterEncoding
is an option for input and output functions which specifies what raw character encoding should be used.

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The default is CharacterEncoding:>$CharacterEncoding.

The possible settings for CharacterEncoding are the same as for $CharacterEncoding.

$CharacterEncodings gives a list of all installed character encodings.

Basic Examples (2)

Specify the character encoding used by ToString:

Write a string to a file:

Specify the character encoding to use by Get:

$CharacterEncodings $CharacterEncoding ToCharacterCode FromCharacterCode StringReplace $SystemCharacterEncoding ShowSpecialCharacters

Raw Character Encodings

Files and Streams

Streams and Low-Level Input and Output

Character Operations

Font Options

International Character Sets

Low-Level File Operations

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