unicode

String comparison with a collation in javascript

I use jquery.autocomplete, which uses a javascript regexp to highlight substrings in the list of suggestions that match the autocomplete key string. So if the use types "Beat" and one of the autocomplete suggestions the server returns is "The Beatles" then plugin displays that suggestion as "The Beatles". I'm trying to think of ways to ...

Delphi and TextWidth/TextHeight in PDF with unicode text

Hi. I'm new with unicode, so I hope anybody can help me. I want write unicode to a PDF, now I need the width and height of the unicode text for text formatting. For AnsiString I have this functions in PDF class: function PDFClass.TextWidth(Text: AnsiString): Single; var i: integer; ch: AnsiChar; tmpWidth: Single; chv: Integer; ...

C#: How to print a unicode string to console?

How do I print out the value of a unicode String in C# to the console? byte[] unicodeBytes = new byte[] {0x61, 0x70, 0x70, 0x6C, 0x69, 0x63, 0x61, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6F, 0x6E, 0x2F, 0x70, 0x63, 0x61, 0x70}; string unicodeString = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(unicodeBytes); Console.WriteLine(unicodeString); What I get for t...

Unicode identifiers in Python?

Hi all, I want to build a Python function that calculates, and would like to name my summation function Σ. In a similar fashion, would like to use Π for product, and so on. I was wondering if there was a way to name a python function in this fashion? def Σ (..): .. .. That is, does Python support unicode identifiers, and if so, ...

Problem with libxml2 and Unicode char in XML Soap with Qotes (") and "

I'm using libxml2 for SOAP-Actions in an iPhone App. The big problem is that i want send an SQL-Statement with NSString *query = @"SELECT test FROM database WHERE test = \"string\"" But libxml2 converts the qotes " into " Any ideas how to prevent this? ...

Flex 3 - Full unicode support fonts and CSS

Hi! I'm developping a web application that will be used either in Europe or in Asia (specially Japan -Hiragana, Kanji and Katana-, China and Korea). I'm using the following fonts: - ericssonga628.TTF - HelveticaNeueLTStd-Lt.otf - HelveticaNeueLTStd-LtEx.otf - HelveticaNeueLTStd-Bd.otf - HelveticaNeueLTStd-BdEx.otf When I tried t...

Convert byte array to understandable String

I have a program that handles byte arrays in Java, and now I would like to write this into a XML file. However, I am unsure as to how I can convert the following byte array into a sensible String to write to a file. Assuming that it was Unicode characters I attempted the following code: String temp = new String(encodedBytes, "UTF-8"); ...

How can I get Perl to detect bad UTF-8 sequences?

I'm running Perl 5.10.0 and Postgres 8.4.3, and strings into a database, which is behind a DBIx::Class. These strings should be in UTF-8, and therefore my database is running in UTF-8. Unfortunatly some of these strings are bad, containing malformed UTF-8, so when I run it I'm getting an exception DBI Exception: DBD::Pg::st execute fai...

Send javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage to a recipient with non-ASCII name?

I am writing a piece of Java code that needs to send mail to users with non-ASCII names. I have figured out how to use UTF-8 for the body, subject line, and generic headers, but I am still stuck on the recipients. Here's what I'd like in the "To:" field: "ウィキペディアにようこそ" <[email protected]>. This lives (for our purposes today) in a String c...

JSF ISO-8859-2 charset

Hi! I have problem with setting proper charset on my jsf pages. I use MySql db with latin2 (ISO-8859-2 charset) and latin2_croatian_ci collation. But, I have problems with setting values on backing managed bean properties. Page directive on top of my page is: <%@ page language="java" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-2" contentType="text/html; ...

Is there a way to enable Unicode characters in all browsers on Windows XP?

I'd like to use unicode symbols within my website (especially Dingbats). Is there any way to enable this inside all (or at least some) browsers in Windows XP, without having the user to adjust any of his settings? I use the HTML5 doctype with the charset configured to UTF-8: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> ...

MFC : How to check if a character input is unicode?

Hi All, I have an input text field which accepts a certain maximum number of characters. This number of characters should change though if the character inputs are unicode. Question: Is there a way I could check if the character input is unicode or not? ...

How can I convert a Unicode codepoint (\uXXXX) into a character in Perl?

I have some unicode codepoints (\u5315\u4e03\u58ec\u4e8c\u4e0a\u53b6\u4e4b), which I have to convert into actual characters they represent. What's the simplest way to do so? Thank you. ...

Is it safe to use random Unicode for complex delimiter sequences in strings?

Question: In terms of program stability and ensuring that the system will actually operate, how safe is it to use chars like ¦, § or ‡ for complex delimiter sequences in strings? Can I reliable believe that I won't run into any issues in a program reading these incorrectly? I am working in a system, using C# code, in which I have to s...

reading unicode

I'm using java io to retrieve text from a server that might output character such as é. then output it using System.err, they turn out to be '?'. I am using UTF8 encoding. what's wrong? int len = 0; char[] buffer = new char[1024]; OutputStream os = sock.getOutputStream(); InputStream is = sock.getInputStream(); os.write(query.getBytes...

What is the best way to use Unicode in C++ on iPhone?

Hi, I want to create my C++ libraries with Unicode support so they can be reused on other platforms. I have found the ICU (International Components for Unicode) project but I also found a discuss about Apple rejecting for using ICU (see http://tinyurl.com/y86phfb). So how do you guys use Unicode in C++ on iPhone? Thanks. ...

Why is Django reverse() failing with unicode?

Here is a django models file that is not working as I would expect. I would expect the to_url method to do the reverse lookup in the urls.py file, and get a url that would correspond to calling that view with arguments supplied by the Arguments model. from django.db import models class Element(models.Model): viewname = models.CharFi...

exceptions with python unicode encode/decode functions (why doesn't errors=ignore actually ignore them??)

Does anyone know why the string conversion functions throw exceptions when errors="ignore" is passed? How can I convert from regular Python string objects to unicode without errors being thrown? Thanks very much! python -c "import codecs; codecs.open('tmp', 'wb', encoding='utf8', errors='ignore').write('кошка')" returns Traceback (mos...

C++ unicode UTF-16 encoding

Hi all, I have a wide char string is L"hao123--我的上网主页", and it must be encoded to "hao123--\u6211\u7684\u4E0A\u7F51\u4E3B\u9875". I was told that the encoded string is a special “%uNNNN” format for encoding Unicode UTF-16 code points. In this website(http://rishida.net/tools/conversion/), it tell me it's JavaScript escapes. Bu...

Matching non-[a-zA-Z] characters in PHP regex

I have some strings that need a-strippin': ÃœT: 9.996636,76.294363 Tons of long strings of location codes. A literal regex in PHP won't match them, IE $pattern = /ÃœT:/; echo preg_replace($pattern, "", $row['location']); Won't match/strip anything. (To know it's working, /T:/ does strip the last bit of that string). What's the encod...