Content Manager Connector 12.13

# convert_encoding

The `convert_encoding` method converts the encoding of a string from one character encoding to another.

## Syntax

    convert_encoding( input, encodingTo, encodingTables [, encodingFrom])

## Arguments

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`input` | (string) The string to convert.
`encodingTo` | (string) The character encoding to convert to (same as IDOL encoding names).
`encodingTables` | (string) The path to the conversion tables.
`encodingFrom` | (string) The character encoding to convert from. The default is “UTF8”.

## Returns

(String). A string, using the specified character encoding.

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Version 12.13 | Last updated October 2022

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Product: IDOL Content Manager Connector 12.13

Topic Title: convert_encoding