DecodeCharSet (open)

Convert a string from a specific character set to UNICODE(UTF-8)

Syntax

// Core function, no LOADLIB necessary

STRING FUNCTION DecodeCharSet(STRING text, STRING charset)

Parameters

STRING text

String to convert

STRING charset

Character set of the original string

Return value

STRING

The string converted to UNICODE(UTF-8), the proper encoding for HareScript, or an empty string if the character set is unknown

Description

Converts a string of the US-ASCII, CP1252 or ISO-8859-1 character set to a string of the UNICODE(UTF-8) character set

Examples

//Returns "Ümlauts all over the place"
DecodeCharSet("\xDCmlauts all over the place", "ISO-8859-1")