Determine a string's encoding in C#

Question

Is there any way to determine a string\'s encoding in C#?

Say, I have a filename string, but I don\'t know if it is encoded in Unicode UTF-16 or the

Answer 1

The SimpleHelpers.FileEncoding Nuget package wraps a C# port of the Mozilla Universal Charset Detector into a dead-simple API:

var encoding = FileEncoding.DetectFileEncoding(txtFile);