Where can I find a good introduction to character encoding?

Question

I need to write code that works with character encoding. Is there a good introduction to the topic to get me started?

Answer 1

First published in What Every Developer Should Know About Character Encoding .

If you are writing code that relates to a text file, you will probably need this.

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Answer 2

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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html

Answer 3

, : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding

Answer 4

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http://www.dotnetnoob.com/2011/12/introduction-to-character-encoding.html