(C#) StringBuilder Encode Charset

Demonstrates the importance of the charset argument when encoding/decoding.

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string s = "é é é";

Chilkat.StringBuilder sb = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();

sb.Append(s);
sb.EntityDecode();

// The string now contains: "é é é"
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString());

// If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
// each é char is represented in 1 byte.
// Output: E920E920E9
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetEncoded("hex","iso-8859-1"));

// If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
// each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
// Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-8"));

// Here's utf-16
// Output: E9002000E9002000E900
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-16"));

// utf-32
// Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-32"));