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Unicode Escape

Convert a string to Unicode escaped values.

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oSb = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

Local $str = "bôn"
Local $sCharset = "not_used"

;  Unicode escape all chars using \uHHHH
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is \u0062\u00f4\u006e

;  Unicode escape only 8bit chars using \uHHHH
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is b\u00f4n

;  To use uppercase hex chars (A-F), add "-upper" to the encoding name
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-upper",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is \u0062\u00F4\u006E

;  Unicode escape all chars using \u{HHHH}
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-curly-upper",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is \u{0062}\u{00F4}\u{006E}

;  Unicode escape 8bit chars using HTML hex &#xH;
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit-html-hex",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is bôn

;  Unicode escape all chars using HTML decimal &#D;
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-html-dec",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is bôn

;  Unicode escape all chars using u+HHHH
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-plus",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is u+0062u+00f4u+006e

;  Unicode escape 8bit chars using angled brackets <HHHH>
$bSuccess = $oSb.SetString($str)
$oSb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit-angle-upper",$sCharset)
ConsoleWrite($oSb.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
;  Output is b<00F4>n