TextEncodingConverterTryGetEncoding(Int32, Encoding) Method

public static bool TryGetEncoding(
	int codePage,
	out Encoding?? encoding
)

Public Shared Function TryGetEncoding ( 
	codePage As Integer,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef encoding As Encoding
) As Boolean

public:
static bool TryGetEncoding(
	int codePage, 
	[OutAttribute] Encoding^% encoding
)

static member TryGetEncoding : 
        codePage : int * 
        encoding : Encoding byref -> bool 

Parameters

codePage  Int32

The code page number.

  Caution

0 is treated as an invalid argument. This behavior is different from that of the Encoding class.

encoding  Encoding

When this method returns true, contains an Encoding object that matches the specified code page number, null otherwise. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

Return Value

.NET Standard and .NET 5.0 or later only recognize a small number of character sets by default. The method overrides this default.

The properties EncoderFallback and DecoderFallback of the generated Encoding object are set to ReplacementFallback.

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