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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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        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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            OW! My eyes!

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            Keith Barrow
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            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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                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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