C#: Cycle through encodings

Question

I am reading files in various formats and languages and I am currently using a small encoding library to take attempt to detect the proper encoding (http://www.codeproject.c

Answer 1

Read the file as bytes and use then the Encoding.GetString Method.

        byte[] data = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(path);

        Console.WriteLine(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data));
        Console.WriteLine(Encoding.UTF7.GetString(data));
        Console.WriteLine(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data));

So you have to load the file only one time. You can use every encoding based on the original bytes of the file. The user can select the correct one und you can use the result of Encoding.GetEncoding(...).GetString(data) for further processing.