Top "Character-encoding" questions

Character encoding refers to the way characters are represented as a series of bytes.

How to type a new line character in SQL Server Management Studio

In the "datagrid" view of an open table of data, how can I type a new line character into an …

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PHP DOMDocument loadHTML not encoding UTF-8 correctly

I'm trying to parse some HTML using DOMDocument, but when I do, I suddenly lose my encoding (at least that …

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What is the difference between encode/decode?

I've never been sure that I understand the difference between str/unicode decode and encode. I know that str().decode() …

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How to remove non UTF-8 characters from text file

I have a bunch of Arabic, English, Russian files which are encoded in utf-8. Trying to process these files using …

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How do I check the NLS_LANG of the client?

I'm working on Windows OS, I know that this setting is stored in the registry. The problem is that the …

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How to make Unicode charset in cmd.exe by default?

866 charset installed by default in Windows' cmd.exe is poor and inconvinient as compared with glorious Unicode. Can I install …

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How to check if a String contains only ASCII?

The call Character.isLetter(c) returns true if the character is a letter. But is there a way to quickly …

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Why do we use Base64?

Wikipedia says Base64 encoding schemes are commonly used when there is a need to encode binary data that needs be …

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Save Data in Arabic in MySQL database

I have changed the charset of the tables and of the column, i get the arabic text as ???? marks in …

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Python decoding Unicode is not supported

I am having a problem with my encoding in Python. I have tried different methods but I can't seem to …

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