How to use StreamWriter.WriteLine with non-american characters ?

[ptek]

Hi,

For example, if I do :


using System.IO;

using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("text.txt"))
{
sw.WriteLine("coupé");
}

I end up with a file containing "coupé" instead of "coupé" ...
How can I solve this problem ?

thanks

 

[Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]]

Hi ptek,

The file is correct, but you read it wrong, probably using notepad or similar.
The default StreamReader/StreamWriter uses UTF8 encoding. What you probably want is to use the default encoding

using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("text.txt", false, Encoding.Default))
{
sw.WriteLine("coupé");
}

PS, encoding is found in the System.Text namespace.

 

[David Browne]

Hi,


You just need to specify an encoding that has the desired characters.


using (StreamWriter sw = new
StreamWriter("text.txt",false,Encoding.Default))
{
sw.WriteLine("coupé");
}

Or

using (StreamWriter sw = new
StreamWriter("text.txt",false,Encoding.Unicode))
{
sw.WriteLine("coupé");
}

David

 

[ptek]

Hi,

You just need to specify an encoding that has the desired characters.

using (StreamWriter sw = new
StreamWriter("text.txt",false,Encoding.Default))
{
sw.WriteLine("coupé");
}

Or

using (StreamWriter sw = new
StreamWriter("text.txt",false,Encoding.Unicode))
{
sw.WriteLine("coupé");
}

David

Thanks all! It worked like a charm!