FILE.TEXT_ENCODING Function

Syntax

Encoding_Mode as C = file_pointer.text_encoding()

Returns

Encoding_Mode

Possible return values include:

"ASCII"
"UTF8": Unicode Transformation Format 8 bit (Multi-byte)
"UTF16LE": Unicode Transformation Format 16 bit Little-endian
"UTF16BE": Unicode Transformation Format 16 bit Big-endian
"UTF32LE": Unicode Transformation Format 32 bit Little-endian
"UTF32BE": Unicode Transformation Format 32 bit Big-endian

Description

Get the encoding type of a text file. Possible Values Include: (ASCII, UTF16LE, UTF16BE, UTF32LE, UTF32BE)

Discussion

The .TEXT_ENCODING() method returns the text encoding method of the data. When most people reference Unicode, they are referring to UTF16LE.

Example

h = FILE.open("c:\r_broken.bin", FILE_RO_SHARED)
? h.bytes_get()
= 38
? h.chars_get()
= 18
? h.read(19)
= x this is a test
? h.text_encoding()
= "UTF16LE"