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Text.RedefineEncoding

Takes a text in a given encoding and reencodes it with other encoding.

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MBS( "Text.RedefineEncoding"; text; InputEncoding; OutputEncoding )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
text The text to process. "Hello World"
InputEncoding The text encoding for the input text.
Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.
"native"
OutputEncoding The text encoding for the resulting string.
Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ.
"UTF-8"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Takes a text in a given encoding and reencodes it with other encoding.
This can be used to fix bad imported texts.

Examples

Fix umlaut in Mac encoded UTF-8 text:

MBS( "Text.RedefineEncoding" ; "Möbel"; "mac" ; "UTF8" )

Fix umlaut in Latin1 encoded UTF-8 text:

MBS( "Text.RedefineEncoding" ; "MÃ\¶bel"; "Latin1"; "UTF-8" )
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Created 10th July 2015, last changed 12nd November 2015


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