İşte Mark Tolonen'in cevabına dayanıyor. Dize, 'test' kelimesinin '|' ile ayrılmış farklı dilleri içeriyordu, böylece farkı görebilirsiniz.
u = u'ABCtestβ貝塔위másbêta|test|اختبار|测试|測試|テスト|परीक्षा|പരിശോധന|פּרובירן|kiểm tra|Ölçek|'
e8 = u.encode('utf-8') # encode without BOM
e8s = u.encode('utf-8-sig') # encode with BOM
e16 = u.encode('utf-16') # encode with BOM
e16le = u.encode('utf-16le') # encode without BOM
e16be = u.encode('utf-16be') # encode without BOM
print('utf-8 %r' % e8)
print('utf-8-sig %r' % e8s)
print('utf-16 %r' % e16)
print('utf-16le %r' % e16le)
print('utf-16be %r' % e16be)
print()
print('utf-8 w/ BOM decoded with utf-8 %r' % e8s.decode('utf-8'))
print('utf-8 w/ BOM decoded with utf-8-sig %r' % e8s.decode('utf-8-sig'))
print('utf-16 w/ BOM decoded with utf-16 %r' % e16.decode('utf-16'))
print('utf-16 w/ BOM decoded with utf-16le %r' % e16.decode('utf-16le'))
İşte bir test çalıştırması:
>>> u = u'ABCtestβ貝塔위másbêta|test|اختبار|测试|測試|テスト|परीक्षा|പരിശോധന|פּרובירן|kiểm tra|Ölçek|'
>>> e8 = u.encode('utf-8') # encode without BOM
>>> e8s = u.encode('utf-8-sig') # encode with BOM
>>> e16 = u.encode('utf-16') # encode with BOM
>>> e16le = u.encode('utf-16le') # encode without BOM
>>> e16be = u.encode('utf-16be') # encode without BOM
>>> print('utf-8 %r' % e8)
utf-8 b'ABCtest\xce\xb2\xe8\xb2\x9d\xe5\xa1\x94\xec\x9c\x84m\xc3\xa1sb\xc3\xaata|test|\xd8\xa7\xd8\xae\xd8\xaa\xd8\xa8\xd8\xa7\xd8\xb1|\xe6\xb5\x8b\xe8\xaf\x95|\xe6\xb8\xac\xe8\xa9\xa6|\xe3\x83\x86\xe3\x82\xb9\xe3\x83\x88|\xe0\xa4\xaa\xe0\xa4\xb0\xe0\xa5\x80\xe0\xa4\x95\xe0\xa5\x8d\xe0\xa4\xb7\xe0\xa4\xbe|\xe0\xb4\xaa\xe0\xb4\xb0\xe0\xb4\xbf\xe0\xb4\xb6\xe0\xb5\x8b\xe0\xb4\xa7\xe0\xb4\xa8|\xd7\xa4\xd6\xbc\xd7\xa8\xd7\x95\xd7\x91\xd7\x99\xd7\xa8\xd7\x9f|ki\xe1\xbb\x83m tra|\xc3\x96l\xc3\xa7ek|'
>>> print('utf-8-sig %r' % e8s)
utf-8-sig b'\xef\xbb\xbfABCtest\xce\xb2\xe8\xb2\x9d\xe5\xa1\x94\xec\x9c\x84m\xc3\xa1sb\xc3\xaata|test|\xd8\xa7\xd8\xae\xd8\xaa\xd8\xa8\xd8\xa7\xd8\xb1|\xe6\xb5\x8b\xe8\xaf\x95|\xe6\xb8\xac\xe8\xa9\xa6|\xe3\x83\x86\xe3\x82\xb9\xe3\x83\x88|\xe0\xa4\xaa\xe0\xa4\xb0\xe0\xa5\x80\xe0\xa4\x95\xe0\xa5\x8d\xe0\xa4\xb7\xe0\xa4\xbe|\xe0\xb4\xaa\xe0\xb4\xb0\xe0\xb4\xbf\xe0\xb4\xb6\xe0\xb5\x8b\xe0\xb4\xa7\xe0\xb4\xa8|\xd7\xa4\xd6\xbc\xd7\xa8\xd7\x95\xd7\x91\xd7\x99\xd7\xa8\xd7\x9f|ki\xe1\xbb\x83m tra|\xc3\x96l\xc3\xa7ek|'
>>> print('utf-16 %r' % e16)
utf-16 b"\xff\xfeA\x00B\x00C\x00t\x00e\x00s\x00t\x00\xb2\x03\x9d\x8cTX\x04\xc7m\x00\xe1\x00s\x00b\x00\xea\x00t\x00a\x00|\x00t\x00e\x00s\x00t\x00|\x00'\x06.\x06*\x06(\x06'\x061\x06|\x00Km\xd5\x8b|\x00,nf\x8a|\x00\xc60\xb90\xc80|\x00*\t0\t@\t\x15\tM\t7\t>\t|\x00*\r0\r?\r6\rK\r'\r(\r|\x00\xe4\x05\xbc\x05\xe8\x05\xd5\x05\xd1\x05\xd9\x05\xe8\x05\xdf\x05|\x00k\x00i\x00\xc3\x1em\x00 \x00t\x00r\x00a\x00|\x00\xd6\x00l\x00\xe7\x00e\x00k\x00|\x00"
>>> print('utf-16le %r' % e16le)
utf-16le b"A\x00B\x00C\x00t\x00e\x00s\x00t\x00\xb2\x03\x9d\x8cTX\x04\xc7m\x00\xe1\x00s\x00b\x00\xea\x00t\x00a\x00|\x00t\x00e\x00s\x00t\x00|\x00'\x06.\x06*\x06(\x06'\x061\x06|\x00Km\xd5\x8b|\x00,nf\x8a|\x00\xc60\xb90\xc80|\x00*\t0\t@\t\x15\tM\t7\t>\t|\x00*\r0\r?\r6\rK\r'\r(\r|\x00\xe4\x05\xbc\x05\xe8\x05\xd5\x05\xd1\x05\xd9\x05\xe8\x05\xdf\x05|\x00k\x00i\x00\xc3\x1em\x00 \x00t\x00r\x00a\x00|\x00\xd6\x00l\x00\xe7\x00e\x00k\x00|\x00"
>>> print('utf-16be %r' % e16be)
utf-16be b"\x00A\x00B\x00C\x00t\x00e\x00s\x00t\x03\xb2\x8c\x9dXT\xc7\x04\x00m\x00\xe1\x00s\x00b\x00\xea\x00t\x00a\x00|\x00t\x00e\x00s\x00t\x00|\x06'\x06.\x06*\x06(\x06'\x061\x00|mK\x8b\xd5\x00|n,\x8af\x00|0\xc60\xb90\xc8\x00|\t*\t0\t@\t\x15\tM\t7\t>\x00|\r*\r0\r?\r6\rK\r'\r(\x00|\x05\xe4\x05\xbc\x05\xe8\x05\xd5\x05\xd1\x05\xd9\x05\xe8\x05\xdf\x00|\x00k\x00i\x1e\xc3\x00m\x00 \x00t\x00r\x00a\x00|\x00\xd6\x00l\x00\xe7\x00e\x00k\x00|"
>>> print()
>>> print('utf-8 w/ BOM decoded with utf-8 %r' % e8s.decode('utf-8'))
utf-8 w/ BOM decoded with utf-8 '\ufeffABCtestβ貝塔위másbêta|test|اختبار|测试|測試|テスト|परीक्षा|പരിശോധന|פּרובירן|kiểm tra|Ölçek|'
>>> print('utf-8 w/ BOM decoded with utf-8-sig %r' % e8s.decode('utf-8-sig'))
utf-8 w/ BOM decoded with utf-8-sig 'ABCtestβ貝塔위másbêta|test|اختبار|测试|測試|テスト|परीक्षा|പരിശോധന|פּרובירן|kiểm tra|Ölçek|'
>>> print('utf-16 w/ BOM decoded with utf-16 %r' % e16.decode('utf-16'))
utf-16 w/ BOM decoded with utf-16 'ABCtestβ貝塔위másbêta|test|اختبار|测试|測試|テスト|परीक्षा|പരിശോധന|פּרובירן|kiểm tra|Ölçek|'
>>> print('utf-16 w/ BOM decoded with utf-16le %r' % e16.decode('utf-16le'))
utf-16 w/ BOM decoded with utf-16le '\ufeffABCtestβ貝塔위másbêta|test|اختبار|测试|測試|テスト|परीक्षा|പരിശോധന|פּרובירן|kiểm tra|Ölçek|'
It yetmeyecek yalnızca her iki olduğunu bilmek utf-8-sig
ve utf-16
hem sonra orijinal dize geri almak encode
ve decode
.