(lines, name='stdin')
Return a string describing the probable encoding of a file or
    list of strings.

    :param lines: The lines to get the encoding of.
    :type lines: Iterable of bytes
    :param name: Name of file or collection of lines
    :type name: str
Return a string describing the probable encoding of a file or
    list of strings.
Return a string describing the probable encoding of a file or list of strings .
def description_of(lines, name='stdin'):
    """
    Return a string describing the probable encoding of a file or
    list of strings.

    :param lines: The lines to get the encoding of.
    :type lines: Iterable of bytes
    :param name: Name of file or collection of lines
    :type name: str
    """
    u = UniversalDetector()
    for line in lines:
        line = bytearray(line)
        u.feed(line)
        # shortcut out of the loop to save reading further - particularly useful if we read a BOM.
        if u.done:
            break
    u.close()
    result = u.result
    if PY2:
        name = name.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding(), 'ignore')
    if result['encoding']:
        return '{0}: {1} with confidence {2}'.format(name, result['encoding'],
                                                     result['confidence'])
    else:
        return '{0}: no result'.format(name)
def description_of ( lines , name = 'stdin' ) : u = UniversalDetector ( ) for line in lines : line = bytearray ( line ) u . feed ( line ) # shortcut out of the loop to save reading further - particularly useful if we read a BOM. if u . done : break u . close ( ) result = u . result if PY2 : name = name . decode ( sys . getfilesystemencoding ( ) , 'ignore' ) if result [ 'encoding' ] : return '{0}: {1} with confidence {2}' . format ( name , result [ 'encoding' ] , result [ 'confidence' ] ) else : return '{0}: no result' . format ( name )