Use the`encodings` function to get the list of all supported encodings on the current platform:

julia>encodings()

1241-element Array{String,1}:

411-element Array{String,1}:

(Note that many of these are aliases for standard names.)

julia> f=open(path,enc"UTF-16","w");

julia>write(f,"café\nnoël")

julia>write(f,"café\nnoël");

julia>close(f);# Essential to complete encoding

The contents of the file can then be read back using`read(path, String)`:

julia>read(path, String)# Standard function expects UTF-8

julia>read(path, String,enc"UTF-16")# Works when passing the correct encoding

Other variants of standard convenience functions are provided:

julia>readline(path,enc"UTF-16")

julia>readlines(path,enc"UTF-16")

2-element Array{String,1}:

julia>for lineachline(path,enc"UTF-16")

print(l)

println(l)

café

noël

julia>readuntil(path,enc"UTF-16","o")

julia>readuntil(path,enc"UTF-16","ë")

In particular, this method allows reading encoded comma-separated values (CSV) and other character-delimited text files:

julia>using DelimitedFiles

julia>open(readcsv, path,enc"UTF-16")

2x1 Array{Any,2}: