TextEncoding.Type

TextEncoding.Type specifies the text encoding type.

Enumeration Options

Enumerations simplify the process of selecting options within a function. To specify the TextEncoding.Type, users have the option to either input the below Argument description (which provides more information) or the shorter Value (which provides a more concise representation).

Argument	Value	Description
TextEncoding.Unicode	1200	Use to choose the UTF16 little endian binary form.
TextEncoding.Utf16	1200	Use to choose the UTF16 little endian binary form.
TextEncoding.BigEndianUnicode	1201	Use to choose the UTF16 big endian binary form.
TextEncoding.Windows	1252	Use to choose the Windows binary form.
TextEncoding.Ascii	20127	Use to choose the ASCII binary form.
TextEncoding.Utf8	65001	Use to choose the UTF8 binary form.

Applies to

Here’s a list of functions that work with TextEncoding.Type:

• BinaryFormat.Text
• Csv.Document
• Json.Document
• Json.FromValue
• Lines.FromBinary
• Lines.ToBinary
• Text.FromBinary
• Text.ToBinary
• Xml.Document
• Xml.Tables

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Microsoft documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/textencoding-type