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Johnykutty
Johnykutty

Reputation: 12819

How to decode windowsCP1252 encoded string Swift

From a web service my application receiving a JSON response. In which one field is a windowsCP1252 encoded string.

I am trying to decode it with following code,

let input =  "സൗപർണിക"//a string from server response
let data = input.data(using: .windowsCP1252, allowLossyConversion: true)!
print("data \(data.description)")

let output = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)

print("output \(output ?? "failed")")

But, it is failing to convert. thus printing failed.

Same server response is converted in android with following kotlin code.

val input = "സൗപർണിക"
val op = String(input.toByteArray(charset("Cp1252")), charset("UTF-8"))
println("converted string -----  " + op )

This kotlin code is decoding the string correctly and printing converted string ----- സൗപർണിക

What is wrong with swift implementation? How can I make it work?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 721

Answers (1)

matt
matt

Reputation: 534893

The problem is that 1251 is not the same as 1252.

let s = "സൗപർണിക"
let d = s.data(using: .windowsCP1252)
let s2 = String(data: d!, encoding: .utf8) // "സൗപർണിക"

Upvotes: 2

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