Re: [SOLVED] Re: Stripping Microsoft Word bad characters ( some dashes and quotes )
Re: [SOLVED] Re: Stripping Microsoft Word bad characters ( some dashes and quotes )
- Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: Stripping Microsoft Word bad characters ( some dashes and quotes )
- From: Amedeo Mantica <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:06:07 +0100
thanks !
On 30/dic/2009, at 21.50, Jon Nolan wrote:
> Amedeo Mantica wrote:
>> here the map...
>> On 30/dic/2009, at 21.10, Amedeo Mantica wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I remember that there is a class that strips those orrible Microsoft Word bad characters ( some dashes and quotes )
> Amedeo,
>
> Here's a slightly more elaborate and perhaps more complete solution. Tested, tried and true in production apps.
>
> private static NSDictionary<String, String> gremlins;
>
> public static NSDictionary<String, String> gremlins() {
> if (gremlins == null) {
> NSMutableDictionary<String, String> dict = new NSMutableDictionary<String, String>();
> // standard versions
> dict.setObjectForKey(" ", Character.toString((char)194) + Character.toString((char)160)); // non-breaking space
> dict.setObjectForKey("®", Character.toString((char)194) + Character.toString((char)174)); // registered trademark
> dict.setObjectForKey("¼", Character.toString((char)194) + Character.toString((char)188)); // 1/4
> dict.setObjectForKey("½", Character.toString((char)194) + Character.toString((char)189)); // 1/2
> dict.setObjectForKey("¾", Character.toString((char)194) + Character.toString((char)190)); // 3/4
> dict.setObjectForKey("–", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)147)); // endash
> dict.setObjectForKey("–", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)148)); // emdash
> dict.setObjectForKey("‘", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)152)); // left single quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("’", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)153)); // right single quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("“", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)156)); // left double quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("”", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)157)); // right double quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("•", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)162)); // bullet
> dict.setObjectForKey("…", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)166)); // ellipsis
> dict.setObjectForKey("™", Character.toString((char)226) + Character.toString((char)132) + Character.toString((char)162)); // trademark
>
> // serialized versions
> dict.setObjectForKey(" ", "\\U00c2\\U00a0"); // non-breaking space
> dict.setObjectForKey("®", "\\U00c2\\U00ae"); // registered trademark
> dict.setObjectForKey("¼", "\\U00c2\\U00bc"); // 1/4
> dict.setObjectForKey("½", "\\U00c2\\U00bd"); // 1/2
> dict.setObjectForKey("¾", "\\U00c2\\U00be"); // 3/4
> dict.setObjectForKey("–", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0093"); // endash
> dict.setObjectForKey("–", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0094"); // emdash
> dict.setObjectForKey("‘", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0098"); // left single quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("’", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0099"); // right single quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("“", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U009c"); // left double quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("”", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U009d"); // right double quotation mark
> dict.setObjectForKey("•", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U00a2"); // bullet
> dict.setObjectForKey("…", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U00a6"); // ellipsis
> dict.setObjectForKey("™", "\\U00e2\\U0084\\U00a2"); // trademark
> // done
> gremlins = dict.immutableClone();
> }
> return gremlins;
> }
>
>
> public static String convertGremlins(String value) {
> if (value == null)
> return null;
> String key, result = value;
> Enumeration<String> enumeration = gremlins().keyEnumerator();
> while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
> key = enumeration.nextElement();
> result = ERXStringUtilities.replaceStringByStringInString(key, gremlins().objectForKey(key), result);
> }
> return result;
> }
>
>
>
>
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