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Lianja

Unicode Escape

Convert a string to Unicode escaped values.

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llSuccess = .F.

loSb = createobject("CkStringBuilder")

lcStr = "bôn"
lcCharset = "not_used"

// Unicode escape all chars using \uHHHH
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is \u0062\u00f4\u006e

// Unicode escape only 8bit chars using \uHHHH
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is b\u00f4n

// To use uppercase hex chars (A-F), add "-upper" to the encoding name
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-upper",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is \u0062\u00F4\u006E

// Unicode escape all chars using \u{HHHH}
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-curly-upper",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is \u{0062}\u{00F4}\u{006E}

// Unicode escape 8bit chars using HTML hex &#xH;
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit-html-hex",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is bôn

// Unicode escape all chars using HTML decimal &#D;
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-html-dec",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is bôn

// Unicode escape all chars using u+HHHH
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-plus",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is u+0062u+00f4u+006e

// Unicode escape 8bit chars using angled brackets <HHHH>
llSuccess = loSb.SetString(lcStr)
loSb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit-angle-upper",lcCharset)
? loSb.GetAsString()
// Output is b<00F4>n


release loSb