Re: Convert Encoding from Shift-JIS to UTF-8

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From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:26:22 +0100

DbNetLink <robin@____dbnetlink.co.uk> wrote:
> >> If you want the UTF-8 encoded bytes, just use Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(S)
>
> Is that not what I am doing in the line:
>
> Response.Write( SourceEncoding.GetString( TargetEncoding.GetBytes(
> S ) ) );

No. You're converting the string into UTF-8, but then using the result
as if it were a valid shift-jis-encoded byte array.
 
> Given the earlier line:
>
> Encoding TargetEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
>
> I did read the link but was unable to relate it directly to my problem of
> converting one encoding to another using .Net.

It gives the fundamentals, which should explain why the line of code at
the top is a really bad idea.

> If it is simply down to an error in my code perhaps you could point it out
> as I have already spent 2 days on trying to understand what I am doing wrong
> and would love to be put out of my misery :(

You should just be able to use the string, without venturing into
encodings at all.

If that's not working, you need to work through it step by step - see
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/debuggingunicode.html 

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