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  • V varsh12

    thanks, but this is not work

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    Keith Barrow
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    The code I added does work, I checked it, and it is part of the language specification! If you want to output \ you need to use "\\" or @"\" If you want to output \\ you need to use "\\\\" or @"\\" The @ character switches the escaping off. If you are still having problems, I suggest you post more of your code, something else might be happening!

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    • V varsh12

      hi how can i replace "\\" with "\". because i am using, String.Replace("\\","\"); but it does not work. thanx

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      musefan
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      Is that your actual code? working example...

      string s = @"some\\text";
      s = s.Replace(@"\\", @"\");
      //s should now = "some\text";

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        Is that your actual code? working example...

        string s = @"some\\text";
        s = s.Replace(@"\\", @"\");
        //s should now = "some\text";

        Life goes very fast. Tomorrow, today is already yesterday.

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        varsh12
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        Actually i am using xml file. In my xml file contains following text: \u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930 and i want to convert in correspponding letter through httpUtility.htmlEncode(). when i put above code in htmlEncode function, it works properly. when i retrieve this in C# as string it shows like: \\u092A\\u094B\\u0937\\u093E\\u0939\\u093E\\u0930. so this is not convert. please guide me.

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        • V varsh12

          hi how can i replace "\\" with "\". because i am using, String.Replace("\\","\"); but it does not work. thanx

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Why do you need to?

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          • V varsh12

            Actually i am using xml file. In my xml file contains following text: \u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930 and i want to convert in correspponding letter through httpUtility.htmlEncode(). when i put above code in htmlEncode function, it works properly. when i retrieve this in C# as string it shows like: \\u092A\\u094B\\u0937\\u093E\\u0939\\u093E\\u0930. so this is not convert. please guide me.

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            If you are simply looking at the value in the debugger, then those extra back-slashes aren't really there, don't worry about them.

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              Why do you need to?

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              varsh12
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              i WANT TO RETRIEVE EQUIVALENT VALUE OF THE GIVEN STRING. THE ABOVE CODE VALUE IN SEE IN HINDI IS "POSHAHAR".

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                i WANT TO RETRIEVE EQUIVALENT VALUE OF THE GIVEN STRING. THE ABOVE CODE VALUE IN SEE IN HINDI IS "POSHAHAR".

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                OW! My eyes!

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  OW! My eyes!

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                  Keith Barrow
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                  #12

                  And ears...... It turns out the code I posted demonstrating the difference between

                  Console.WriteLine("\\");
                  Console.WriteLine(@"\\");

                  doesn't work. There goes ~10 years of .net experience perhaps I should go back to asking people to switch it off and on again for a living :-)

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                  • V varsh12

                    hi how can i replace "\\" with "\". because i am using, String.Replace("\\","\"); but it does not work. thanx

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                    Luc Pattyn
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                    ahmad25 wrote:

                    it does not work

                    that is not informative at all. if you want a good answer, then provide quality information to begin with. Don't say "it does not work", specify what kind of problem there is (compilation error, run-time error, ...) and be specific (error number, exception message, line number, etc). :)

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                    • L Luc Pattyn

                      ahmad25 wrote:

                      it does not work

                      that is not informative at all. if you want a good answer, then provide quality information to begin with. Don't say "it does not work", specify what kind of problem there is (compilation error, run-time error, ...) and be specific (error number, exception message, line number, etc). :)

                      Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

                      Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, and improve readability.

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                      varsh12
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                      this is my string: \u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930 i used this code:

                      string unicodeString = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("\u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930");
                      MessageBox.Show(unicodeString);

                      it gives me answer correct as "POSHAHAR" IN HINDI FONT. BUT if we use above text as string it gives

                      string unicodeString = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(above_code);
                      MessageBox.Show(unicodeString);

                      the string takes value in this form: "\\u092A\\u094B\\u0937\\u093E\\u0939\\u093E\\u0930";

                      so, it can't work. then my problem is , how am i replace "\\" instead of "\".

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                      • V varsh12

                        this is my string: \u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930 i used this code:

                        string unicodeString = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("\u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930");
                        MessageBox.Show(unicodeString);

                        it gives me answer correct as "POSHAHAR" IN HINDI FONT. BUT if we use above text as string it gives

                        string unicodeString = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(above_code);
                        MessageBox.Show(unicodeString);

                        the string takes value in this form: "\\u092A\\u094B\\u0937\\u093E\\u0939\\u093E\\u0930";

                        so, it can't work. then my problem is , how am i replace "\\" instead of "\".

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                        Sauro Viti
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                        It is not as you said: in C# each string is unicode and something like "\u092A" is an escape sequence that mean "the unicode character with the code 0x092A. In other words, it is not a sequence of characters, but a single one.

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                        • V varsh12

                          this is my string: \u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930 i used this code:

                          string unicodeString = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode("\u092A\u094B\u0937\u093E\u0939\u093E\u0930");
                          MessageBox.Show(unicodeString);

                          it gives me answer correct as "POSHAHAR" IN HINDI FONT. BUT if we use above text as string it gives

                          string unicodeString = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(above_code);
                          MessageBox.Show(unicodeString);

                          the string takes value in this form: "\\u092A\\u094B\\u0937\\u093E\\u0939\\u093E\\u0930";

                          so, it can't work. then my problem is , how am i replace "\\" instead of "\".

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                          Luc Pattyn
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                          Hi, much better now, I understand you happen to have strings that hold Unicode characters in their \u format (as accepted by the C# compiler), and need them to be interpreted. I wasn't able to locate a .NET class that really supports this, so the best I could come up with is:

                          static string DecodeUnicode(string s) {
                          	StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
                          	while (s.Length!=0) {
                          		sb.Append((char)int.Parse(s.Substring(2, 4), NumberStyles.HexNumber));
                          		s=s.Substring(6);
                          	}
                          	return sb.ToString();
                          }
                          

                          which only accepts strings that consist of groups of six characters (a backslash, a 'u', and 4 hex digits); you may choose to add checks and error handling. It works for your example.

                          string s="\\\\u092A\\\\u094B\\\\u0937\\\\u093E\\\\u0939\\\\u093E\\\\u0930";
                          log(s);
                          s=DecodeUnicode(s);
                          log(s);
                          

                          FWIW: I think you got yourself into trouble; most of the time, you should simply avoid having to do this, and have the compiler translate those \uXXXX sequences into single characters! PS: I'm not sure what HttpUtility.HtmlEncode is doing for you. :)

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                          • L Luc Pattyn

                            Hi, much better now, I understand you happen to have strings that hold Unicode characters in their \u format (as accepted by the C# compiler), and need them to be interpreted. I wasn't able to locate a .NET class that really supports this, so the best I could come up with is:

                            static string DecodeUnicode(string s) {
                            	StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
                            	while (s.Length!=0) {
                            		sb.Append((char)int.Parse(s.Substring(2, 4), NumberStyles.HexNumber));
                            		s=s.Substring(6);
                            	}
                            	return sb.ToString();
                            }
                            

                            which only accepts strings that consist of groups of six characters (a backslash, a 'u', and 4 hex digits); you may choose to add checks and error handling. It works for your example.

                            string s="\\\\u092A\\\\u094B\\\\u0937\\\\u093E\\\\u0939\\\\u093E\\\\u0930";
                            log(s);
                            s=DecodeUnicode(s);
                            log(s);
                            

                            FWIW: I think you got yourself into trouble; most of the time, you should simply avoid having to do this, and have the compiler translate those \uXXXX sequences into single characters! PS: I'm not sure what HttpUtility.HtmlEncode is doing for you. :)

                            Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

                            Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, and improve readability.

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                            varsh12
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                            thank u very much,Luc Pattyn Sir!! u r really solved my problem and i m very happy. I always remember your suggestion. thanx. sorry for late reply.

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