Get-UTF8Encoding

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script implements an MSDN Encoding example in PowerShell  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates an encoding plus a Unicode string then 
6.     manipulates it as per the C# sample. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-UTF8Encoding 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/05/get-utf8encoding.html 
14.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.utf8encoding.aspx  
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-UTF8Encoding.ps1
18.     Original string:This unicode string contains two characters with
19.     codes outside an 8-bit code range, Pi (π) and Sigma (Σ). 
20.     Encoded bytes: 
21.     <long table omitted> 
22.     Decoded bytes: 
23.     This unicode string contains two characters with codes outside an
24.     8-bit code range, Pi (π) and Sigma (Σ). 
25. #> 
26. #  Start of Script 
27. # Create a UTF-8 encoding. 
28. $utf8 = New-Object System.Text.utf8encoding 
29. $unicodeString = 
30.             "This unicode string contains two characters " + 
31.             "with codes outside an 8-bit code range, " + 
32.             "Pi (" + [char] 0x03a0 + ") and Sigma (" + [char] 0x03a3 + ")." 
33. "Original string:{0}" -f $unicodeString 
34.  
35. # Encode the string. 
36. $encodedBytes = $utf8.GetBytes($unicodeString) 
37. "" 
38. "Encoded bytes:" 
39. foreach($b in $encodedBytes) {"[{0}]" -f $b} 
40.  
41. # Decode bytes back to string 
42. # Notice Pi and Sigma characters are still present 
43. $decodedString = $utf8.GetString($encodedBytes) 
44. "";"Decoded bytes:" 
45. $decodedString    
46. # End of Script 

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