Thread: utf8 en-de coding

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    utf8 en-de coding

    Here's what I want to do :
    1) decode utf8 stream to latin-1
    2) remove all the accents
    3) look for a town in a file
    4) once the town is found (if it's found), the town is latin-1 encoded : encode the name of the town into utf8.

    Any idea where i should take a look, and how I may implement (1) and (4) ?

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    What OS?

    Why do you need decode the entire stream to latin-1?
    The town text that you are looking for - is in latin-1?
    If so, why not just convert the text to Unicode (UTF-8) and search the stream as it is?

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    The specification to decode utf8 sequences:
    http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3629.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Codeplug View Post
    What OS?

    Why do you need decode the entire stream to latin-1?
    The town text that you are looking for - is in latin-1?
    If so, why not just convert the text to Unicode (UTF-8) and search the stream as it is?

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    You're perfectly right, so here's my new sequence :
    1) read utf8-encoded file where all the towns are
    2) get the utf8-encoded stream and remove all the accents
    3) search whether the utf8-string is a town or not

    Thanks for your advice !

    BTW : the system is Linux (The more I learn Linux the more I find Windows sucks)

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    >> ...and remove all the accents
    This thread may help: http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=97917

    gg

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