# INQUIRE: ENCODING Specifier

The ENCODING specifier asks what type of encoding is in effect for a file. It takes the following form:

ENCODING = enc

enc | Is a scalar default character expression that is assigned one of the following values:
'UTF-8' | If the file is connected with UTF-8 encoding in effect.
'UNDEFINED' | If the file is connected for unformatted I/O.
'UNKNOWN' | If the processor is unable to determine the encoding form of the file.

Parent topic: INQUIRE Statement Specifiers