Xbase++

StringBuilder Encode Charset

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

LOCAL s
LOCAL oSb

s := "é é é"

oSb := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

oSb:Append(s)
oSb:EntityDecode()

//  The string now contains: "é é é"
? oSb:GetAsString()

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

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

//  Here's utf-16
//  Output: E9002000E9002000E900
? oSb:GetEncoded("hex", "utf-16")

//  utf-32
//  Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
? oSb:GetEncoded("hex", "utf-32")

oSb:destroy()