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Re: Unicode Question [message #46876 is a reply to message #46872]

Sat, 07 January 2006 14:57

R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998

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Hi all

I think it's time to add a feature request to rsi

in python it's done this way

import codecs
f = codecs.open("file.txt","rb","utf8").read()

Are there plans known about when utf-8 is added to idl?

cheers
Reimar

David Fanning wrote:

> grunes@yahoo.com writes:
>
>> First, you might look at
>>
>> http://www.unicode.org
>>
>> to see what unicode codes are.
>>
>> Don't forget that some people write the ASCII subset in 8 bits, others
>> include a null byte to make it 16.
>>
>> Open and read an 8 bit code to the file in the usual way:
>> a=string(0b) & b=a
>> openr,1,'yourfilename'
>> readu,1,a
>>
>> Then if a is 0, drop it. If not, and it is a legit ASCII char, rather
>> than one of the Unicode prefixes, as you can determine from its range,
>> the character is string(a). else
>> readu,1,b
>> and the character will be in string
>> string([a,b])
>> Of course, that string is two bytes long - which is right for Unicode.
>>
>> I haven't checked this out, as I don't have a licensed IDL where I am
>> now, but it should work.
>
> Yeah, that's kinda what I thought, too. But I'm not so sure
> it is as simple as this anymore. :-)
>
> But I am handicapped by not having the actual file, too.
> I really was just wondering if anyone had any experience
> with this. My suggestions are still resulting in a lot of
> *&%^$ type of nonsense.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>

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		Re: Unicode Question By: mitch grunes on Sat, 07 January 2006 21:40
		Re: Unicode Question By: R.Bauer on Sat, 07 January 2006 14:57
		Re: Unicode Question By: David Fanning on Fri, 06 January 2006 13:30
		Re: Unicode Question By: mitch grunes on Fri, 06 January 2006 13:16

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