parameters: (self, data, encoding)
return_statement: return newdata
docstring: Given a string and its encoding, decodes the string into Unicode.
          %encoding is a string recognized by encodings.aliases
docstring_summary: Given a string and its encoding, decodes the string into Unicode.
          %encoding is a string recognized by encodings.aliases
docstring_tokens: Given a string and its encoding decodes the string into Unicode . %encoding is a string recognized by encodings . aliases
function: def _toUnicode(self, data, encoding):
          '''Given a string and its encoding, decodes the string into Unicode.
          %encoding is a string recognized by encodings.aliases'''
  
          # strip Byte Order Mark (if present)
          if (len(data) >= 4) and (data[:2] == '\xfe\xff') \
                 and (data[2:4] != '\x00\x00'):
              encoding = 'utf-16be'
              data = data[2:]
          elif (len(data) >= 4) and (data[:2] == '\xff\xfe') \
                   and (data[2:4] != '\x00\x00'):
              encoding = 'utf-16le'
              data = data[2:]
          elif data[:3] == '\xef\xbb\xbf':
              encoding = 'utf-8'
              data = data[3:]
          elif data[:4] == '\x00\x00\xfe\xff':
              encoding = 'utf-32be'
              data = data[4:]
          elif data[:4] == '\xff\xfe\x00\x00':
              encoding = 'utf-32le'
              data = data[4:]
          newdata = unicode(data, encoding)
          return newdata
function_tokens: def _toUnicode ( self , data , encoding ) : # strip Byte Order Mark (if present) if ( len ( data ) >= 4 ) and ( data [ : 2 ] == '\xfe\xff' ) and ( data [ 2 : 4 ] != '\x00\x00' ) : encoding = 'utf-16be' data = data [ 2 : ] elif ( len ( data ) >= 4 ) and ( data [ : 2 ] == '\xff\xfe' ) and ( data [ 2 : 4 ] != '\x00\x00' ) : encoding = 'utf-16le' data = data [ 2 : ] elif data [ : 3 ] == '\xef\xbb\xbf' : encoding = 'utf-8' data = data [ 3 : ] elif data [ : 4 ] == '\x00\x00\xfe\xff' : encoding = 'utf-32be' data = data [ 4 : ] elif data [ : 4 ] == '\xff\xfe\x00\x00' : encoding = 'utf-32le' data = data [ 4 : ] newdata = unicode ( data , encoding ) return newdata