[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #64139] character encoding scheme with fileread

[Guillaume]

URL:
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                 Summary: character encoding scheme with fileread
                   Group: GNU Octave
               Submitter: gyom
               Submitted: Wed 03 May 2023 02:11:21 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Guillaume
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Wed 03 May 2023 02:11:21 PM UTC By: Guillaume <gyom>
Using the attached file (UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text), I get a different
output with fileread. In Matlab:


>> double(fileread('example.txt'))

ans =

   65279   111    99   116   97   118   101


and in Octave:


octave> double(fileread('example.txt'))

ans =

   239   187   191   111    99   116    97   118   101


If I specify the encoding in Matlab:


>> double(fileread('example.txt','encoding','utf-8'))

ans =

   65279   111    99   116   97   118   101

>> double(fileread('example.txt','encoding','ISO-8859-15'))

ans =

   239   187   191   111    99   116    97   118   101


The documentation says that without a specified encoding, a default encoding
will be used and it might well be that it differs between Octave and Matlab
but how can this be adjusted?






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Date: Wed 03 May 2023 02:11:21 PM UTC  Name: example.txt  Size: 9B   By: gyom

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=54697>

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