Classic ASP

StringBuilder Encode Charset

Demonstrates the importance of the charset argument when encoding/decoding.

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Classic ASP

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
s = "&eacute; &#233; &#xE9;"

set sb = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

success = sb.Append(s)
success = sb.EntityDecode()

' The string now contains: "é é é"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

' If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
' each é char is represented in 1 byte.
' Output: E920E920E9
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetEncoded("hex","iso-8859-1")) & "</pre>"

' If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
' each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
' Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-8")) & "</pre>"

' Here's utf-16
' Output: E9002000E9002000E900
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-16")) & "</pre>"

' utf-32
' Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-32")) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>