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    TextDecoder()

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    The TextDecoder() constructor returns a newly created TextDecoder object for the encoding specified in parameter.

    If the value for utfLabel is unknown, or is one of the two values leading to a 'replacement' decoding algorithm ( "iso-2022-cn" or "iso-2022-cn-ext"), a DOMException with the "TypeError" value is thrown.

    Syntax

    decoder = new TextDecoder(utfLabel, options);

    Parameters

    utfLabel Optional
    Is a DOMString, defaulting to "utf-8", containing the label of the encoder. Each label is associated with a specific encoding type:
    Possible values of utfLabel Encoding
    "unicode-1-1-utf-8", "utf-8", "utf8" 'utf-8'
    "866", "cp866", "csibm866", "ibm866" 'ibm866'
    "csisolatin2", "iso-8859-2", "iso-ir-101", "iso8859-2", "iso88592", "iso_8859-2", "iso_8859-2:1987", "l2", "latin2" 'iso-8859-2'
    "csisolatin3", "iso-8859-3", "iso-ir-109", "iso8859-3", "iso88593", "iso_8859-3", "iso_8859-3:1988", "l3", "latin3" 'iso-8859-3'
    "csisolatin4", "iso-8859-4", "iso-ir-110", "iso8859-4", "iso88594", "iso_8859-4", "iso_8859-4:1988", "l4", "latin4" 'iso-8859-4'
    "csisolatincyrillic", "cyrillic", "iso-8859-5", "iso-ir-144", "iso88595", "iso_8859-5", "iso_8859-5:1988" 'iso-8859-5'
    "arabic", "asmo-708", "csiso88596e", "csiso88596i", "csisolatinarabic", "ecma-114", "iso-8859-6", "iso-8859-6-e", "iso-8859-6-i", "iso-ir-127", "iso8859-6", "iso88596", "iso_8859-6", "iso_8859-6:1987" 'iso-8859-6'
    "csisolatingreek", "ecma-118", "elot_928", "greek", "greek8", "iso-8859-7", "iso-ir-126", "iso8859-7", "iso88597", "iso_8859-7", "iso_8859-7:1987", "sun_eu_greek" 'iso-8859-7'
    "csiso88598e", "csisolatinhebrew", "hebrew", "iso-8859-8", "iso-8859-8-e", "iso-ir-138", "iso8859-8", "iso88598", "iso_8859-8", "iso_8859-8:1988", "visual" 'iso-8859-8'
    "csiso88598i", "iso-8859-8-i", "logical" 'iso-8859-8i'
    "csisolatin6", "iso-8859-10", "iso-ir-157", "iso8859-10", "iso885910", "l6", "latin6" 'iso-8859-10'
    "iso-8859-13", "iso8859-13", "iso885913" 'iso-8859-13'
    "iso-8859-14", "iso8859-14", "iso885914" 'iso-8859-14'
    "csisolatin9", "iso-8859-15", "iso8859-15", "iso885915", "l9", "latin9" 'iso-8859-15'
    "iso-8859-16" 'iso-8859-16'
    "cskoi8r", "koi", "koi8", "koi8-r", "koi8_r" 'koi8-r'
    "koi8-u" 'koi8-u'
    "csmacintosh", "mac", "macintosh", "x-mac-roman" 'macintosh'
    "dos-874", "iso-8859-11", "iso8859-11", "iso885911", "tis-620", "windows-874" 'windows-874'
    "cp1250", "windows-1250", "x-cp1250" 'windows-1250'
    "cp1251", "windows-1251", "x-cp1251" 'windows-1251'
    "ansi_x3.4-1968", "ascii", "cp1252", "cp819", "csisolatin1", "ibm819", "iso-8859-1", "iso-ir-100", "iso8859-1", "iso88591", "iso_8859-1", "iso_8859-1:1987", "l1", "latin1", "us-ascii", "windows-1252", "x-cp1252" 'windows-1252'
    "cp1253", "windows-1253", "x-cp1253" 'windows-1253'
    "cp1254", "csisolatin5", "iso-8859-9", "iso-ir-148", "iso8859-9", "iso88599", "iso_8859-9", "iso_8859-9:1989", "l5", "latin5", "windows-1254", "x-cp1254" 'windows-1254'
    "cp1255", "windows-1255", "x-cp1255" 'windows-1255'
    "cp1256", "windows-1256", "x-cp1256" 'windows-1256'
    "cp1257", "windows-1257", "x-cp1257" 'windows-1257'
    "cp1258", "windows-1258", "x-cp1258" 'windows-1258'
    "x-mac-cyrillic", "x-mac-ukrainian" 'x-mac-cyrillic'
    "chinese", "csgb2312", "csiso58gb231280", "gb2312", "gb_2312", "gb_2312-80", "gbk", "iso-ir-58", "x-gbk" 'gbk'
    "gb18030" 'gb18030'
    "hz-gb-2312" 'hz-gb-2312'
    "big5", "big5-hkscs", "cn-big5", "csbig5", "x-x-big5" 'big5'
    "cseucpkdfmtjapanese", "euc-jp", "x-euc-jp" 'euc-jp'
    "csiso2022jp", "iso-2022-jp" 'iso-2022-jp'
    "csshiftjis", "ms_kanji", "shift-jis", "shift_jis", "sjis", "windows-31j", "x-sjis" 'shift-jis'
    "cseuckr", "csksc56011987", "euc-kr", "iso-ir-149", "korean", "ks_c_5601-1987", "ks_c_5601-1989", "ksc5601", "ksc_5601", "windows-949" 'euc-kr'
    "csiso2022kr", "iso-2022-kr" 'iso-2022-kr'
    "utf-16be" 'utf-16be'
    "utf-16", "utf-16le" 'utf-16le'
    "x-user-defined" 'x-user-defined'
    "iso-2022-cn", "iso-2022-cn-ext" 'replacement'
    options Optional
    Is a TextDecoderOptions dictionary with the property:
    fatal
    A Boolean flag indicating if the TextDecoder.decode() method must throw a DOMException with the "EncodingError" value when an coding error is found. It defaults to false.

    Example

    var textDecoder1 = new TextDecoder("iso-8859-2");
var textDecoder2 = new TextDecoder();
var textDecoder3 = new TextDecoder("csiso2022kr", {fatal: true}); // Allows EncodingError exception to be thrown.
var textDecoder4 = new TextDecoder("iso-2022-cn"); // Throw a TypeError exception.

    Specifications

    Specification Status Comment
    Encoding
    The definition of 'TextDecoder()' in that specification.    		 Living Standard Initial definition.

    Browser compatibility

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
    Basic support 38 19.0 (19.0) [1] Not supported 25 ?
    Available in Web Workers 38 20.0 (20.0) Not supported 25 ?
    Feature Android Android Webview Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
    Basic support Not supported 38.0 19.0 (19.0) [1] 1.0.1 (19.0) Not supported ? Not supported 38.0
    Available in Web Workers Not supported 38.0 20.0 (20.0) 1.0.1 (20.0) Not supported ? Not supported 38.0

    [1] An earlier, and slightly different, version of the specification was implemented in Firefox 18.

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