Decode Windows-1252 encoded strings.

windows1252-decoder.go

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "io/ioutil"
        "strings"

        "golang.org/x/text/encoding/charmap"
)

func main() {
        sr := strings.NewReader("Gar\xe7on") // Some windows-1252 encoded string
        tr := charmap.Windows1252.NewDecoder().Reader(sr)

        b, e := ioutil.ReadAll(tr)
        if e != nil {
                fmt.Println("error:", e)
        }

        fmt.Println(string(b))
}