charsetDecode

Converts a string to a binary representation.

charsetDecode(string, encoding) → returns binary

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See Also:   charsetEncode

Argument Reference

string string
Required

A string containing data to encode in binary format.

encoding string
Required

A string specifying encoding of the input data.
Values:
  • utf-8
  • iso-8859-1
  • windows-1252
  • us-ascii
  • shift_jis
  • iso-2022-jp
  • euc-jp
  • euc-kr
  • big5
  • euc-cn
  • utf-16

Examples
Sample code invoking the charsetDecode function

Use charsetDecode to decode with utf-8

charsetDecode('string','utf-8');

Expected Result: [BINARY]

Use charsetDecode to decode with us-ascii

charsetDecode('string','us-ascii');

Expected Result: [BINARY]

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