Reputation: 1443
I wonder whether it is possible to find what is the encoding of string? I know that it may be impossible for some strings (e.g. that do not have non-ASCII characters). Maybe it is possible to obtain a list of encodings that may be correct (possible) for a given string?
I'm looking for some other way than trying to decode/encode and wait for an exception.
Upvotes: 7
Views: 3484
Reputation: 107608
Chardet does a educated guess. Read the FAQ before you use it!
Upvotes: 15