(VB.NET) StringBuilder Encode Charset

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

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Dim s As String = "é é é"

Dim sb As 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"))