Class rehex.CharacterEncoding
A text encoding (character set).
Fields
| rehex.CharacterEncoding.key | The fixed identifier for the encoding (read only). |
| rehex.CharacterEncoding.label | The display name for the encoding (read only). |
Methods
| rehex.CharacterEncoding:all_encodings () | Get all available encodings. |
| rehex.CharacterEncoding:encoding_by_key (key) | Get an encoding by its key. |
Fields
- rehex.CharacterEncoding.key
- The fixed identifier for the encoding (read only).
- rehex.CharacterEncoding.label
- The display name for the encoding (read only).
Methods
- rehex.CharacterEncoding:all_encodings ()
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Get all available encodings.
NOTE: This is a static method/function.
Returns:
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A table of CharacterEncoding objects.
Usage:
local encodings = rehex.CharacterEncoding.all_encodings() for i = 1, #encodings do print("key = " .. encodings[i].key .. ", label = " .. encodings[i].label) end
- rehex.CharacterEncoding:encoding_by_key (key)
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Get an encoding by its key.
NOTE: This is a static method/function.
Parameters:
- key The key of the encoding (“ASCII”, “ISO-8859-1”, etc)
Returns:
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A CharacterEncoding object, or nil.
Usage:
local ascii_encoding = rehex.CharacterEncoding.encoding_by_key("ASCII") if ascii_encoding ~= nil -- yep, ASCII still exists end