(Tcl) StringBuilder Encode Charset

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

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load ./chilkat.dll

set s "é é é"

set sb [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkStringBuilder_Append $sb $s
CkStringBuilder_EntityDecode $sb

# The string now contains: "é é é"
puts [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $sb]

# If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
# each é char is represented in 1 byte.
# Output: E920E920E9
puts [CkStringBuilder_getEncoded $sb hex iso-8859-1]

# If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
# each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
# Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
puts [CkStringBuilder_getEncoded $sb hex utf-8]

# Here's utf-16
# Output: E9002000E9002000E900
puts [CkStringBuilder_getEncoded $sb hex utf-16]

# utf-32
# Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
puts [CkStringBuilder_getEncoded $sb hex utf-32]

delete_CkStringBuilder $sb