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Re: Re: what are the options for the "String"

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• Subject: [mg76575] Re: [mg76424] Re: [mg76254] what are the options for the "String"
• From: "Igor C. Antonio" <igora at wolf-ram.com>
• Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 06:03:45 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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• Reply-to: igora at wolf-ram.com

Chris,

No.  The "String" format is for reading and writing raw Mathematica 
strings to/from a file 
(http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/format/String.html)

If you need to read/write something with a CharacterEncoding, you should 
use the "Text" format.
(http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/format/Text.html)

Thanks,

Igor

Chris Chiasson wrote:
> not even for the character encoding? (!)
> 
> On 5/20/07, Igor C. Antonio <igora at wolf-ram.com> wrote:
>> Chris Chiasson wrote:
>>> thanks
>>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> There are no options to the "String" export format.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Igor

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Igor C. Antonio
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• References:
  • what are the options for the "String" export format?
    • From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>
  • Re: what are the options for the "String" export format?
    • From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>