Module iconv

iconv encoding and decoding module

Reference method:

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var encoding = require('encoding');
var iconv = encoding.iconv;

or

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var iconv = require('iconv');

Static function

encode

Convert text to binary data with iconv

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static Buffer iconv.encode(String charset,
    String data);

Call parameters:

• charset : String, specify the character set
• data : String, the text to be converted

Return result:

• Buffer , returns the decoded binary data

decode

Use iconv to convert Buffer content to text

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static String iconv.decode(String charset,
    Buffer data);

Call parameters:

• charset : String, specify the character set
• data : Buffer , the binary data to be converted

Return result:

• String , returns the encoded string

isEncoding

Check whether the character set is supported

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static Boolean iconv.isEncoding(String charset);

Call parameters:

• charset : String, specify the character set

Return result:

• Boolean , returns whether the character set is supported