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macOS how can i write a UNICODE text file in cocoa?
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This isn't actually possible because you can't write a unicode text file. You can though write an NSString to a text file using a particular Unicode encoding. The most common encoding is UTF-8.
Check out writeToURL:atomically:encoding:error: in the NSString Class Reference. Possible encodings are listed under String Encodings in the Constants sections. For example, you write using UTF-8 by using NSUTF8StringEncoding.
Check out writeToURL:atomically:encoding:error: in the NSString Class Reference. Possible encodings are listed under String Encodings in the Constants sections. For example, you write using UTF-8 by using NSUTF8StringEncoding.
Your question is impossible to answer until you tell us exactly what you mean by "unicode text file". Do you mean UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16LE or UTF-16BE, UTF32 or what? In other words, what exactly are you trying to achieve?
Look at the methods in NSString. Check if there is one that allows you to write an NSString to a file. And see if there is one that lets you specify the encoding as well.
