Maciej Kucharz
Maciej Kucharz

Reputation: 1443

Smart way to find out string encoding?

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

Answers (1)

Jochen Ritzel
Jochen Ritzel

Reputation: 107608

Chardet does a educated guess. Read the FAQ before you use it!

Upvotes: 15

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