Character Set Encoding Maps

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on character set encoding maps. Topics include collection types: encoding map analyzer program; analyzing and print encoding maps for US-ASCII, ISO-8859-1/Latin 1, Windows CP1252, Unicode UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32; sample program to count valid characters in each character set encoding.

Character Set Encoding Map Analyzer

Character Set Encoding Maps - US-ASCII and ISO-8859-1/Latin 1

Character Set Encoding Maps - CP1252/Windows-1252

Character Set Encoding Maps - Unicode UTF-8

Character Set Encoding Maps - Unicode UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE

Character Set Encoding Maps - Unicode UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF-32LE

Character Counter Program for Any Given Encoding

Character Set Encoding Comparison

Conclusion:

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Character Sets and Encodings

 ASCII Character Set and Encoding

 GB2312 Character Set and Encoding

 GB18030 Character Set and Encoding

 JIS X0208 Character Set and Encodings

 Unicode Character Set

 UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format - 8-Bit)

 UTF-16, UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE Encodings

 UTF-32, UTF-32BE and UTF-32LE Encodings

 Python Language and Unicode Characters

 Java Language and Unicode Characters

 Character Encoding in Java

Character Set Encoding Maps

 Encoding Conversion Programs for Encoded Text Files

 Using Notepad as a Unicode Text Editor

 Using Microsoft Word as a Unicode Text Editor

 Using Microsoft Excel as a Unicode Text Editor

 Unicode Fonts

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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