[Tutor] Unknown encoded file types.

[Mark Lawrence]

On 07/02/2021 08:07, mhysnm1964 at gmail.com wrote:

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> 
> Is there any way to identify the encoded format before opening to change the
> encoded format? I have seen some info on the net and don't understand it.
> 

The most popular tool is https://chardet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ but 
as all ready been noted nothing is 100% reliable.

Alternatives https://python.libhunt.com/chardet-alternatives

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