DetectEncoding

DetectEncoding(string)

Attempts to detect text TXT, TSV, and CSV files encoding by path.

public static Encoding DetectEncoding(string filePath)

Parameter	Type	Description
filePath	String	The file name or file path.

Encoding or null when fails to detect a file encoding.

The example demonstrates how to detect text file encoding.

Encoding encoding = FileType.DetectEncoding("message.txt");

Attempts to detect text TXT, TSV, and CSV file encoding by stream.

public static Encoding DetectEncoding(Stream stream)

Parameter	Type	Description
stream	Stream	The file stream.

Encoding or null when fails to detect a file encoding.

The example demonstrates how to detect text file encoding.

Stream stream = File.OpenRead("message.txt");
Encoding encoding = FileType.DetectEncoding(stream);