# Character Set

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_Added November 2013_

_cformat_ code:**  1, 8**

Two _cformat_ codes allow you to override the default character set at the column level:

•	**1** interprets the column data as ANSI/Latin1

•	**8** interprets the column data as UTF8

The overall default character set for the tree is ANSI/Latin1, unless the XTF2\_UTF8 flag is set, in which case it is UTF8.

Note: the entire _coldef_ string is interpreted according to the default character set for the tree, so you cannot mix UTF8 and Latin1-encoded titles even though the corresponding columns are individually set with **1** or **8**.

Two new sample programs, XUTF8B and XUTF8C illustrate both cases of mixed UTF8 and Latin1 columns.