From: sprite <aake.gregertsen@...>
Date: 2010-09-03T05:55:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Unescaping hex encoded characters in string?

On Sep 2, 3:26 am, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:45 AM, sprite <aake.gregert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I have a string like "Don\x{2019}t Let Me Fall"
>
> > How do I unescape the hex encoded characters, in this cae convert the
> > string to "Don't Let Me Fall"
>
> In Ruby 1.9.* something along the lines of
>
> str.gsub /\\x\{(\h{4})\}/ do |code|
>   code.to_i(16).chr(str.encoding)
>   # code.to_i(16).chr(Encoding::UTF_8)
> end
>
> Or use gsub! for inplace modification of the string.  You might have
> to twiddle with the encodings.  Please seehttp://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/miscellaneous_m17n_details
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert
>
> --
> remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without endhttp://blog.rubybestpractices.com/

Thanks