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Re^3: How to handle unicode txt file on Windows

by cheerful (Initiate)
on Nov 03, 2008 at 21:36 UTC ( [id://721199]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: How to handle unicode txt file on Windows
in thread How to handle unicode txt file on Windows

What would happen if it's called on a non-unicode file?
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Re^4: How to handle unicode txt file on Windows
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 03, 2008 at 21:51 UTC

    Using :encoding(UTF-16) on a file not encoded using UTF-16 will likely die as a result of not finding \xFE\xFF or \xFF\xFE at the start of the file.

    Using :encoding(UTF-16le) on a file not encoded using UTF-16le will result in garbage and/or die.

    You must know the encoding of the file to be able to read it.

    I think File::BOM will help you. It imposes an limitation (the presence of a BOM for non-default encodings), but that doesn't sound like a problem for you.

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