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.

Does a `+` in a URL scheme/host/path represent a space?

I am aware that a + in the query string of a URL represents a space. Is this also the case …

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Setting the correct encoding when piping stdout in Python

When piping the output of a Python program, the Python interpreter gets confused about encoding and sets it to None. …

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Character reading from file in Python

In a text file, there is a string "I don't like this". However, when I read it into a string, …

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How to get UTF-8 working in Java webapps?

I need to get UTF-8 working in my Java webapp (servlets + JSP, no framework used) to support äöå etc. for regular …

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How to support UTF-8 encoding in Eclipse

How can I add UTF-8 support in eclipse? I want to add for example Russian language but eclipse won't support …

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Is a URL allowed to contain a space?

Is a URI (specifically an HTTP URL) allowed to contain one or more space characters? If a URL must be …

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How do I see the current encoding of a file in Sublime Text?

How do I see the current encoding of a file in Sublime Text? This seems like a pretty simple thing …

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ArrayBuffer to base64 encoded string

I need an efficient (read native) way to convert an ArrayBuffer to a base64 string which needs to be used …

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Replace non-ASCII characters with a single space

I need to replace all non-ASCII (\x00-\x7F) characters with a space. I'm surprised that this is not …

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How do I determine file encoding in OS X?

I'm trying to enter some UTF-8 characters into a LaTeX file in TextMate (which says its default encoding is UTF-8), …

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