Non English string ?
in [Visual Basic]
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From: Jeff Johnson on 12 Feb 2010 15:55 "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message news:Oc$RZFCrKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Thanks. I basically have to examine the bit patterns to determine. > I understand the ASCII, it is the Unicode I have some trouble with. I know > it is 16 bits insteads of 8. But in VB/debug window, I have never been > able to see a 16 bits character, maybe it does not display on the screen. > Do you know what i am talking ? > For the character 'A', how can I see the full 16 bits pattern in VB ? I believe you can use the AscW() function to find this. If you get a value back > 255, I'd say you can safely assume it's a non-English character.
From: Phil Hunt on 12 Feb 2010 16:09 Thanks. It is good enough for me. Always wonder what AscW is used for. "Jeff Johnson" <i.get(a)enough.spam> wrote in message news:%23mT%231WCrKHA.3464(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message > news:Oc$RZFCrKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> Thanks. I basically have to examine the bit patterns to determine. >> I understand the ASCII, it is the Unicode I have some trouble with. I >> know it is 16 bits insteads of 8. But in VB/debug window, I have never >> been able to see a 16 bits character, maybe it does not display on the >> screen. Do you know what i am talking ? >> For the character 'A', how can I see the full 16 bits pattern in VB ? > > I believe you can use the AscW() function to find this. If you get a value > back > 255, I'd say you can safely assume it's a non-English character. >
From: Jeff Johnson on 12 Feb 2010 17:15 "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message news:%23pHG3eCrKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Thanks. It is good enough for me. Always wonder what AscW is used for. The W is for "wide," which is an old term for characters stored in 2 bytes instead of one. (They're twice as wide!)
From: Jim Mack on 12 Feb 2010 17:28 Jeff Johnson wrote: > "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message > news:Oc$RZFCrKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> Thanks. I basically have to examine the bit patterns to determine. >> I understand the ASCII, it is the Unicode I have some trouble >> with. I know it is 16 bits insteads of 8. But in VB/debug window, >> I have never been able to see a 16 bits character, maybe it does >> not display on the screen. Do you know what i am talking ? >> For the character 'A', how can I see the full 16 bits pattern in >> VB ? > > I believe you can use the AscW() function to find this. If you get > a value back > 255, I'd say you can safely assume it's a > non-English character. Not even close. To prove that, in the Immediate Window: For Idx = 128 to 160: ? Idx, AscW(Chr(Idx)) :Next -- Jim Mack Twisted tees at http://www.cafepress.com/2050inc "We sew confusion"
From: Phil Hunt on 12 Feb 2010 17:52
Ok, I 'll make it > 128 "Jim Mack" <jmack(a)mdxi.nospam.com> wrote in message news:uYM5FLDrKHA.728(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Jeff Johnson wrote: >> "Phil Hunt" <aaa(a)aaa.com> wrote in message >> news:Oc$RZFCrKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >>> Thanks. I basically have to examine the bit patterns to determine. >>> I understand the ASCII, it is the Unicode I have some trouble >>> with. I know it is 16 bits insteads of 8. But in VB/debug window, >>> I have never been able to see a 16 bits character, maybe it does >>> not display on the screen. Do you know what i am talking ? >>> For the character 'A', how can I see the full 16 bits pattern in >>> VB ? >> >> I believe you can use the AscW() function to find this. If you get >> a value back > 255, I'd say you can safely assume it's a >> non-English character. > > Not even close. To prove that, in the Immediate Window: > > For Idx = 128 to 160: ? Idx, AscW(Chr(Idx)) :Next > > -- > Jim Mack > Twisted tees at http://www.cafepress.com/2050inc > "We sew confusion" |