Is it the same encoding?

[Arthur]

I must admit I am not a specialist in Encoding, so just curious:

Looking at the below, is the encoding displayed correctly for a file I received?

[alex]

Hi Arthur,

if you see the text, then probably it is correct.
To tell you exact I need to have a file. Send it to me, I would check (but only if you think it is wrong ).

Regards,
Alex

[Arthur]

The file is not for "public view", sorry, how would I check myself?

[Stefan]

The file is not for "public view", sorry, how would I check myself?

- first you have to know what encoding is used for this file  (ask the sender?)
- open this file and see if you can read all text
- then check if HE have used the same encoding as the sender have tell you

- if you can't read all text and/or HE use an wrong encoding tell it Alex

If this is an html file, the wanted encoding should be written in the header section.
Other there is no mark to tell the encoding  (AFAIK)
Only for Unicode encoding there are bit pattern to recognize (the BOM)

[alex]

Easiest way - open it in another editor and compare
Notepad ++ or just notepad.exe - it also can read unicode.

[Arthur]

TextPad just converts to whatever it can display and Notepad++ only shows a bunch of NUL + a char. So HE is the only I can use, and I like that by the way