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stringi (version 0.1-25)

stri_enc_set: Set or Get Default Character Encoding in stringi

Description

stri_enc_set sets the encoding used to decode strings internally (i.e. by R) marked as Native, see stringi-encoding. stri_enc_get returns currently used default encoding.

Usage

stri_enc_set(enc)

stri_enc_get()

Arguments

enc
single string; character encoding name, see stri_enc_list for the list of supported encodings.

Value

  • stri_enc_set returns a string with previously used character encoding, invisibly.

    stri_enc_get returns a string with current default character encoding.

Details

stri_enc_get is the same as stri_enc_info(NULL)$Name.friendly.

Note that changing the default encoding may have undesired consequences.

See Also

Other encoding_management: stri_enc_info; stri_enc_list; stringi-encoding