Re: Conversion of strange characters

I have converted many files in the past. There are billions and billions of ways to encode files. If you don't know how it's encoded, you might want to try applying some decryption techniques, but with the handful of bytes you've given, that's a hopeless task.

Abigail

Comment on Re: Conversion of strange characters

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Re: Conversion of strange characters by elbow (Scribe) on Feb 17, 2004 at 12:21 UTC
so is there anything I can do to try and find out the encoding used? Either by checking the details for the mainframe system being used, or something to do with the network system the text file has been paased to? Or have I simply not got a chance in hell of being able to sort this out? :-} elbow	[reply]
Re: Conversion of strange characters by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Feb 17, 2004 at 12:48 UTC
Check the documentation of whatever it is that's producing those files? Talk to someone who knows? Ask your manager for help? Look, this is a Perl site. It's not about every computer related problem, where you might want to implement the solution in Perl. As I said, the handful of characters you gave might be an encoding about a baseball team from the south. Or it's a list of NYC subway stations. Perhaps it's the title of a song Elvis recorded last week (yes, he is alive and he flips burgers in North Dakota - he's happy now). If you don't know how it's encoded, and you don't have the means to find out, all hope is lost. Abigail	[reply]