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chardet_byte_string_encoding_detection_quickstart.py
pythonDetects the character encoding of a byte string using the chardet.detect functio
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chardet_byte_string_encoding_detection_quickstart.py
1import chardet
2
3# Example byte string (e.g., from a file or network request)
4rawdata = b"Hello, world!"
5
6# Detect the encoding
7result = chardet.detect(rawdata)
8encoding = result['encoding']
9confidence = result['confidence']
10
11print(f"Encoding: {encoding} with {confidence*100}% confidence")