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Windows-1252 sandbox (encode)

Convert a Unicode code point into a single Windows-1252 (CP1252) byte.

Code point

Accepts U+XXXX, 0xXX, decimal, or a single character.

U+20AC€

1 byte

Decimal

8364

Hexadecimal

0x80

Binary

10000000

CP1252 range

Range 0x80 → 0x9F - the Microsoft extension: 27 printable characters like €, ™, —, smart quotes, ... This is where CP1252 differs from Latin-1 (which has C1 controls in that slot). 5 bytes remain unassigned: 0x81, 0x8D, 0x8F, 0x90, 0x9D.

Step-by-step breakdown

01
Read the byte value in binary
Code point U+20AC isn't in an identity range. Look up the CP1252 table to find its byte between 0x80 and 0x9F, then convert to binary.
10000000
02
Convert to hexadecimal
The binary byte becomes its 2-digit hex value.
0x80

Step-by-step breakdown

Read the byte value in binary

Convert to hexadecimal