(Node.js) StringBuilder Encode Charset

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

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var s = "é é é";

    var sb = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

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

    // The string now contains: "é é é"
    console.log(sb.GetAsString());

    // If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
    // each é char is represented in 1 byte.
    // Output: E920E920E9
    console.log(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
    console.log(sb.GetEncoded("hex","utf-8"));

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

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

}

chilkatExample();