B4X

StringBuilder Encode Charset

Demonstrates the importance of the charset argument when encoding/decoding. B4X

Dim s As String = "é é é"

Dim sb As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize

sb.Append(s)
sb.EntityDecode

'  The string now contains: "é é é"
Log(sb.GetAsString)

'  If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
'  each é char is represented in 1 byte.
'  Output: E920E920E9
Log(sb.GetEncoded("hex", "iso-8859-1"))

'  If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
'  each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
'  Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
Log(sb.GetEncoded("hex", "utf-8"))

'  Here's utf-16
'  Output: E9002000E9002000E900
Log(sb.GetEncoded("hex", "utf-16"))

'  utf-32
'  Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
Log(sb.GetEncoded("hex", "utf-32"))