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Unicode Escape

Demonstrates options for unicode escaping non-us-ascii chars and emojis.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var sb = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = sb.LoadFile("qa_data/txt/utf16_emojis_accented_jap.txt","utf-16");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(sb.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var original = sb.GetAsString();

    //  The above file contains the following text, which includes some emoji's,
    //  Japanese chars, and accented chars.

    //  🧠
    //  🔐
    //  ✅
    //  ⚠️
    //  ❌
    //  ✓
    //  中
    //  é xyz à
    //  abc 私 は ん ghi

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    //  Charset is not used for unicode escaping.  Set it to "utf-8", but it means nothing.
    var charsetNotUsed = "utf-8";

    //  Indicate the desired format/style of Unicode escaping.
    //  Choose JSON-style (JavaScript-style) Unicode escape sequences by using "unicodeescape"
    var encoding = "unicodeescape";

    var escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  \ud83e\udde0
    //  \ud83d\udd10
    //  \u2705
    //  \u26a0\ufe0f
    //  \u274c
    //  \u2713
    //  \u4e2d
    //  \u00e9 xyz \u00e0
    //  abc \u79c1 \u306f \u3093 ghi

    //  Revert back to the unescaped chars:
    var unescaped = crypt.DecodeString(escaped,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(unescaped);

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Do the same, but use uppercase letters (A-F) in the hex values.
    encoding = "unicodeescape-upper";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  \uD83E\uDDE0
    //  \uD83D\uDD10
    //  \u2705
    //  \u26A0\uFE0F
    //  \u274C
    //  \u2713
    //  \u4E2D
    //  \u00E9 xyz \u00E0
    //  abc \u79C1 \u306F \u3093 ghi

    //  Revert back to the unescaped chars:
    unescaped = crypt.DecodeString(escaped,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(unescaped);

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //   ECMAScript (JavaScript) “code point escape” syntax

    encoding = "unicodeescape-curly";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  \u{d83e}\u{dde0}
    //  \u{d83d}\u{dd10}
    //  \u{2705}
    //  \u{26a0}\u{fe0f}
    //  \u{274c}
    //  \u{2713}
    //  \u{4e2d}
    //  \u{00e9} xyz \u{00e0}
    //  abc \u{79c1} \u{306f} \u{3093} ghi

    //  Revert back to the unescaped chars:
    unescaped = crypt.DecodeString(escaped,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(unescaped);

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Do the same, but use uppercase letters (A-F) in the hex values.
    encoding = "unicodeescape-curly-upper";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  \u{D83E}\u{DDE0}
    //  \u{D83D}\u{DD10}
    //  \u{2705}
    //  \u{26A0}\u{FE0F}
    //  \u{274C}
    //  \u{2713}
    //  \u{4E2D}
    //  \u{00E9} xyz \u{00E0}
    //  abc \u{79C1} \u{306F} \u{3093} ghi

    //  Revert back to the unescaped chars:
    unescaped = crypt.DecodeString(escaped,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(unescaped);

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Unicode code point notation or U+ notation

    encoding = "unicodeescape-plus";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  u+1f9e0
    //  u+1f510
    //  u+2705
    //  u+26a0u+fe0f
    //  u+274c
    //  u+2713
    //  u+4e2d
    //  u+00e9 xyz u+00e0
    //  abc u+79c1 u+306f u+3093 ghi

    //  Chilkat cannot unescape the Unicode code point notation or U+ notation.
    //  For this style, Chilkat only goes in one direction, which is to escape.

    //  To emit uppercase hex, specify unicodeescape-plus-upper
    encoding = "unicodeescape-plus-upper";
    //  ...
    //  ...

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  HTML hexadecimal character reference

    encoding = "unicodeescape-htmlhex";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  🧠
    //  🔐
    //  ✅
    //  ⚠️
    //  ❌
    //  ✓
    //  中
    //  é xyz à
    //  abc 私 は ん ghi

    //  Revert back to the unescaped chars:
    unescaped = crypt.DecodeString(escaped,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(unescaped);

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  HTML decimal character reference

    encoding = "unicodeescape-htmldec";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  🧠
    //  🔐
    //  ✅
    //  ⚠️
    //  ❌
    //  ✓
    //  中
    //  é xyz à
    //  abc 私 は ん ghi

    //  Revert back to the unescaped chars:
    unescaped = crypt.DecodeString(escaped,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(unescaped);

    //  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Hex in Angle Brackets

    encoding = "unicodeescape-angle";
    escaped = crypt.EncodeString(original,charsetNotUsed,encoding);
    console.log(escaped);

    //  Output:
    //  <1f9e0>
    //  <1f510>
    //  <2705>
    //  <26a0><fe0f>
    //  <274c>
    //  <2713>
    //  <4e2d>
    //  <e9> xyz <e0>
    //  abc <79c1> <306f> <3093> ghi

    //  Chilkat cannot unescape the angle bracket notation.
    //  For this style, Chilkat only goes in one direction, which is to escape.

}

chilkatExample();