UTF7, UTF8, ASCII ..... I have problems

Rostrox

Hello: I have the next C# code: r = new StreamReader("300_46C_UST04.txt", System.Text.Encoding.UTF7) l = r.ReadLine() The input file has the next data: 123+ABC3210_áéíóúñÑ\/ÁÉÍ-- After reading the record, variable "l" has: 123?_áéíóúñÑ\/ÁÉÍ-- It ignored the +ABC3210!! UTF is the best option for special characters such as Ñ, ñ, etc., but when the string has the character "+" .... it is terrible. What Am I doing bad? I tried all the possibilities (with unicode, ascii, UTF8) but I have different results. When I delete the second parameter, i.e. System.Text.Encoding.UTF7, I obtain the next result: 123+ABC3210_\/-- (special characters where ignored!!) Really, I do not understand. Please .... a help?

Steven Campbell

What encoding is the file actually in? Did you create it? If the file is in a certain encoding, you can get strange results when you read it with other encodings. Things get really crazy when unicode is involved, because there is not a simple 1 byte = 1 character mapping, especially when dealing with "special characters.

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Rostrox

Hello Steven: Thanks for your attention. The input file was generated using notepad and I do not know the encoding used. Where can I check that? in my W2K parameters? I live in Bolivia, South America, where Ñ, ñ, á ... etc. are very common. I am very concerned about this problem because, I made many, many programs that read .txt information to load to a database and I fear that many of this spanish characters were lost. My God ... I never imagine this kind of problem. My head (and my ass) are involved!! What do you think I can do? Best regards

mav northwind

You could try using System.Text.Encoding.Default for reading the file. Because this uses the current system code page you should be able to read in files that have been written by other applications that are not concerned about encoding. Regards, mav

eggie5

Notepad saves in ASCII. /\ |_ E X E GG