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Re: URL encode trouble
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Re: URL encode trouble


  • Subject: Re: URL encode trouble
  • From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:37:07 +1200

on 19/5/02 4:13 AM +1200: JJ wrote:

> Hi, list.
>
> I'm getting a little confused with this question, and I'm suspecting this is
> a not-pure-AS-question.
>
> I'm trying url-encoding this char: "a"
> and I get allways "‡"
>
> I tried osax commands "Encode URL", "MT Encode URL", Akua's coercion "Path
> URL" and Apple's vanilla solution (Guidebook module "Essential
> Sub-routines">"Text Encoding | Decoding").
>
> So, "a" must be "‡".
>
> But if I search at (e. g.) "Google" this string "a", it is passed to the
> remote stream as "á".
> hex "E1" is decimal "225", which is (as BBEdit told me) character "a".
> (this must be the decimal entity notation: "&aacute;" is equal to "&#225;",
> which is equal to "&#xE1;", as knows my browser but not my AS)
>
> Finally, the question:
> Why both "E1" & "87" are the same character "a"? Are they different kinds or
> methods of URL encoding?
>
> *****
> And, do you know a quick AS solution to translate "a" to "E1" (not "87")?
> *****
>
> I know that character X is ascii number X which is hex X
> But, what is the method to translate character X to decimal-hex entity code?
>

To be clear Julifos you're talking about ascii 135 ("a" grave or acute?) not
"a", if you look at this chart
http://i-technica.com/whitestuff/urlencodechart.html you'll see after ascii
127 things get screwy with the hex number no longer bearing any relation I
can see to ascii number.

> Thanks!
>
you're welcome.

_____________________________ Andy
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