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StringBuilder Encode Charset

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

Local $s = "é é é"

$oSb = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

$oSb.Append($s)
$oSb.EntityDecode()

; The string now contains: "é é é"
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)

; If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
; each é char is represented in 1 byte.
; Output: E920E920E9
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetEncoded("hex","iso-8859-1") & @CRLF)

; If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
; each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
; Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-8") & @CRLF)

; Here's utf-16
; Output: E9002000E9002000E900
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-16") & @CRLF)

; utf-32
; Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-32") & @CRLF)