Top "Encoding" questions

Encoding is a set of predefined rules to reversibly transform a piece of information in a certain representation into a completely different representation.

How can I URL encode a string in Excel VBA?

Is there a built-in way to URL encode a string in Excel VBA or do I need to hand roll …

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Convert a Unicode string to an escaped ASCII string

How can I convert this string: This string contains the Unicode character Pi(π) into an escaped ASCII string: This string …

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Python "string_escape" vs "unicode_escape"

According to the docs, the builtin string encoding string_escape: Produce[s] a string that is suitable as string literal …

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Does C# have an equivalent to JavaScript's encodeURIComponent()?

In JavaScript: encodeURIComponent("©√") == "%C2%A9%E2%88%9A" Is there an equivalent for C# applications? For escaping HTML characters I used: …

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How can I send and receive WebSocket messages on the server side?

How can I send and receive messages on the server side using WebSocket, as per the protocol? Why do I …

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Where does this come from: -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

Python recognizes the following as instruction which defines file's encoding: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- I definitely saw this …

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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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How to print UTF-8 encoded text to the console in Python < 3?

I'm running a recent Linux system where all my locales are UTF-8: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE="de_…

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Android Replace "..." with ellipsis character

Since AVD tools 16 I'm getting this warning: Replace "..." with ellipsis character (..., &#8230;) ? in my strings.xml at this line <…

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