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Faisal
Faisal

Reputation: 4264

Convert UTF8 string to UTF-16 in .net

I have a string from UTF8 and want to convert that to Unicode (UTF16). Please help.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 39630

Answers (2)

David Heffernan
David Heffernan

Reputation: 612964

Use System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString().

Pass in your UTF-8 encoded text, as a byte array. The function returns a standard .net string which is encoded in UTF-16.

Upvotes: 6

sh_kamalh
sh_kamalh

Reputation: 3901

If you have a file and you know that encoding of the file is UTF8 you can use StreamReader to read the file as if it is encoded in UTF8.
Regarding conversion from UTF8 to Unicode, you are comparing 2 different things. Check the link in my comment to your question.
System.Text.UTF8Encoding is UTF8 System.Text.UnicodeEncoding is UTF16. Check this link for conversion. You would be using Encoding.Convert()

Upvotes: 17

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