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function utf8_encode ( string ) {
    // Encodes an ISO-8859-1 string to UTF-8  
    // 
    // version: 812.316
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/utf8_encode
    // +   original by: Webtoolkit.info (http://www.webtoolkit.info/)
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: sowberry
    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // +   improved by: Yves Sucaet
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // *     example 1: utf8_encode('Tom van Mikes');
    // *     returns 1: 'Tom van Mikes'
    string = (string+'').replace(/\r\n/g, "\n").replace(/\r/g, "\n");

    var utftext = "";
    var start, end;
    var stringl = 0;

    start = end = 0;
    stringl = string.length;
    for (var n = 0; n < stringl; n++) {
        var c1 = string.charCodeAt(n);
        var enc = null;

        if (c1 < 128) {
            end++;
        } else if((c1 > 127) && (c1 < 2048)) {
            enc = String.fromCharCode((c1 >> 6) | 192) + String.fromCharCode((c1 & 63) | 128);
        } else {
            enc = String.fromCharCode((c1 >> 12) | 224) + String.fromCharCode(((c1 >> 6) & 63) | 128) + String.fromCharCode((c1 & 63) | 128);
        }
        if (enc != null) {
            if (end > start) {
                utftext += string.substring(start, end);
            }
            utftext += enc;
            start = end = n+1;
        }
    }

    if (end > start) {
        utftext += string.substring(start, string.length);
    }

    return utftext;
}