UTF-16, UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE Encodings

This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on UTF-16, UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE encodings. Topics including encoding and decoding logics of UTF-16, UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE encodings; introduction of surrogate pairs; explanation of the use of BOM (Byte Order Mark).

What Are Paired Surrogates

UTF-16 Encoding

UTF-16BE Encoding

UTF-16LE Encoding

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Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Character Sets and Encodings

 ASCII Character Set and Encoding

 GB2312 Character Set and Encoding

 GB18030 Character Set and Encoding

 JIS X0208 Character Set and Encodings

 Unicode Character Set

 UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format - 8-Bit)

UTF-16, UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE Encodings

 UTF-32, UTF-32BE and UTF-32LE Encodings

 Python Language and Unicode Characters

 Java Language and Unicode Characters

 Character Encoding in Java

 Character Set Encoding Maps

 Encoding Conversion Programs for Encoded Text Files

 Using Notepad as a Unicode Text Editor

 Using Microsoft Word as a Unicode Text Editor

 Using Microsoft Excel as a Unicode Text Editor

 Unicode Fonts

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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