How to decode a string

[Fredrik Lundh]

Lad wrote:

> To be able to decode a string successfully, I need to know what coding
> it is in.

ask whoever provided the string.

> The string can be coded in utf8 or in windows-1250 or in another
> coding.  Is there a method how to find out the string coding.

in general, no.  if you have enough text, you may guess, but the right 
approach for that depends on the application.

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