Encoding.Equals determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current instance.
Imports System Imports System.Text Public Class SamplesEncoding Public Shared Sub Main() Dim e1 As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(12000) Dim e2 As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-32") Console.WriteLine("e1 equals e2? {0}", e1.Equals(e2)) End Sub End Class