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Created February 20, 2016 19:04
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Decode Windows-1252 encoded strings.
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))
}
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