Reading Non-UTF-8 Text Files in Go
Reading and writing non-UTF-8 text files can be challenging in Go since the standard library assumes UTF-8 encoding. This article addresses this issue and provides a comprehensive solution using Go's sub-repositories.
Problem:
How can we read text files encoded in non-UTF-8 formats, such as GBK, in Go?
Solution:
To read files in non-UTF-8 encodings, we utilize the golang.org/x/text/encoding package. This package defines an interface for generic character encodings that facilitate conversion to and from UTF-8.
In particular, for GBK encoding, we employ the golang.org/x/text/encoding/simplifiedchinese sub-package, which provides GB18030, GBK, and HZ-GB2312 encoding implementations. These implementations implement the encoding.Encoding interface.
Implementation:
Here is an example demonstrating the reading and writing of a GBK-encoded file:
package main import ( "bufio" "fmt" "log" "os" "golang.org/x/text/encoding/simplifiedchinese" "golang.org/x/text/transform" ) var enc = simplifiedchinese.GBK func main() { // Example filename const filename = "example_GBK_file" exampleWriteGBK(filename) exampleReadGBK(filename) } func exampleReadGBK(filename string) { f, err := os.Open(filename) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Convert GBK to UTF-8 on the fly r := transform.NewReader(f, enc.NewDecoder()) sc := bufio.NewScanner(r) for sc.Scan() { fmt.Printf("Read line: %s\n", sc.Bytes()) } if err := sc.Err(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } func exampleWriteGBK(filename string) { f, err := os.Create(filename) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } w := transform.NewWriter(f, enc.NewEncoder()) // Example text with Chinese characters _, err = fmt.Fprintln(w, `In 1995, China National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee set down the Chinese Internal Code Specification (Chinese: 汉字内码扩展规范(GBK); pinyin: Hànzì Nèimǎ Kuòzhǎn Guīfàn (GBK)), Version 1.0, known as GBK 1.0, which is a slight extension of Codepage 936. The newly added 95 characters were not found in GB 13000.1-1993, and were provisionally assigned Unicode PUA code points.`) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } }
Playground:
https://go.dev/play/p/fFIy9VES6cL
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