Home- result = string.fromutf8(s , codepage)
- result = string.toutf8(s , codepage)
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
These functions allow conversion between UTF8 and a specific 8-bit encoding. While string.fromutf8() converts UTF8 to a codepage encoding, the other function string.toutf8() converts a codepage encoding to UTF8.
This is the list of supported codepages:
| cp437 | The character set of the original IBM PC |
| cp850 | Western european character set used by DOS, derived from cp437 |
| cp858 | Same as cp850, but with € Symbol added. |
| windows-1252 | Codepage used by Windows for english and most western european languages. |
| iso8859-1 | ISO standard encoding for western european languages. |
| iso8859-15 | Another ISO standard encoding for western european languages. Similar to iso8859-1, but includes the Euro character and a few more accented letters. |