Re: [SOLVED] Re: Stripping Microsoft Word bad characters ( some dashes and quotes )

[Amedeo Mantica]

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("&#160;",  Character.toString((char)194) + 
> Character.toString((char)160));                                 // 
> non-breaking space
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#174;",  Character.toString((char)194) + 
> Character.toString((char)174));                                 // registered 
> trademark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#188;",  Character.toString((char)194) + 
> Character.toString((char)188));                                 // 1/4
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#189;",  Character.toString((char)194) + 
> Character.toString((char)189));                                 // 1/2
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#190;",  Character.toString((char)194) + 
> Character.toString((char)190));                                 // 3/4
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8211;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)147)); // endash
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8211;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)148)); // emdash
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8216;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)152)); // left 
> single quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8217;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)153)); // right 
> single quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8220;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)156)); // left 
> double quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8221;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)157)); // right 
> double quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8226;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)162)); // bullet
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8230;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)128) + Character.toString((char)166)); // ellipsis
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8482;", Character.toString((char)226) + 
> Character.toString((char)132) + Character.toString((char)162)); // trademark
> 
>       // serialized versions
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#160;",  "\\U00c2\\U00a0");        // 
> non-breaking space
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#174;",  "\\U00c2\\U00ae");        // registered 
> trademark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#188;",  "\\U00c2\\U00bc");        // 1/4
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#189;",  "\\U00c2\\U00bd");        // 1/2
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#190;",  "\\U00c2\\U00be");        // 3/4
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8211;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0093"); // endash
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8211;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0094"); // emdash
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8216;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0098"); // left 
> single quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8217;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U0099"); // right 
> single quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8220;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U009c"); // left 
> double quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8221;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U009d"); // right 
> double quotation mark
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8226;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U00a2"); // bullet
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8230;", "\\U00e2\\U0080\\U00a6"); // ellipsis
>       dict.setObjectForKey("&#8482;", "\\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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