title: utf8_decode for objective-c
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7893879/unicode-escapes-in-objective-c">unicode escapes in objective-c</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>I have a LATIN1 string. </p>
  
  <pre><code>Artîsté
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I json_encode it, it escapes some chars and converts it to single byte UTF8. </p>
  
  <pre><code>Art\u00eest\u00e9
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I just json_decode it, I believe it is decoding in UTF8</p>
  
  <pre><code>ArtÃ®stÃ©
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In order to get my original string back, I have to call utf8_decode </p>
  
  <pre><code>Artîsté
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to handle this conversion in objective-c?</p>