There is not any simple way to tell the encoding of a text file. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4255305/how-to-determine-encoding-table-of-a-text-file
Make sure whoever sends you a file tells you want encoding they are using. Or ask them to always use UTF-8.
It wouldn't surprise me if I will have to read in other raw files with non-English characters in the near future, so good to know and thanks for the reference!
@RLC07 - Please don't forget to mark your post as answered as this will help others to find this very useful discussion.
@SASKiwi Will do - thanks for the reminder! Is there a way I can mark more than 1 as acceptable solution? And if not, make changes to ensure I mark the most appropriate one as 'acceptable solution'?
@RLC07 - You can only mark one response as the answer so it is up to you to choose the one that is most acceptable.
Hi @FreelanceReinh, Thank you! Now that I know I can only select one 'accepted solution', I'll mark the most appropriate one for this question.
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