byte stuffing

[Elaine121]

Hi i send characters to a server with escape character 'e' and flag 'f'. But now i dont know how to extract the original string. I thought maybe this method would work but i was wrong. any help plz?

Original String = "ref"
frame = "freeeff"
extracted content must be "ref" again.

public String content()
{
    char wrd[] = words.toCharArray();
    String con = "";
    for(int i=1; i < (wrd.length-2); i++ )
    {
        if(wrd[i] == 'e'){
        con += wrd[i+1];
        i++;
        }
        else
          con += wrd[i];  
 
 
    }
    return con;
}

[JosAH]

@Elaine121
What are the exact rules for your en/decoding? i.e. when do you add an 'e' or an 'f'?

kind regards,

Jos

[Elaine121]

the 'f' is added at the start and end of the string to indicate the beginning and end. if there is an 'f' in the actual string you place an 'e' in front so you will know it is an f and not the end of the string. because an 'e' is used it must also be place in front of any 'e' that is in the original string.

another example: "hello friend" would be: "fheello efrieendf".

[JosAH]

Well, as far as I can see your code works; it just stops one character too early: make that loop terminating condition i <= (wrd.length-2) and all should be fine.

kind regards,

Jos

[Elaine121]

the problem i get is instead of displaying "ref" it just displays "r f".

[Elaine121]

never mind i got it to work. Thanx for the help