numeric entity to string and ie

[ja]

hi,

i have problems with converting entities to chars, i'm using function:

function entityToString (htmlString){

htmlString = htmlString.repl ace(/(&)(#)(\d{1,})( ;)/g, function
(tot,amp,cr,cp, sem) {
return String.fromChar Code(cp);
})

return(htmlStri ng);

}

and this works fine in all browsers (ff, opera, safari, konqueror) but not
in ie :(
it seems bo work with all european and math chars, but if it gets some like
this &#477 wich is upside down "e"

also if i select generated text (from ff) and do copy and paste into notepad
i get the same results as in ie...

it makes no different if i use innerHTML, createTextNode or allert...

any suggestion?

wojtek

[dracognizer]

On Dec 2, 11:24 am, "ja" <[e-mail] e:

hi,

i have problems with converting entities to chars, i'm using function:

function entityToString (htmlString){

htmlString = htmlString.repl ace(/(&)(#)(\d{1,})( ;)/g, function
(tot,amp,cr,cp, sem) {
return String.fromChar Code(cp);
})

return(htmlStri ng);

}and this works fine in all browsers (ff, opera, safari, konqueror) but not
in ie :(
it seems bo work with all european and math chars, but if it gets some like
this &#477 wich is upside down "e"

also if i select generated text (from ff) and do copy and paste into notepad
i get the same results as in ie...

it makes no different if i use innerHTML, createTextNode or allert...

any suggestion?

wojtek

What sort of problem do you encounter?
The problem I have in IE (for linux...), is that I get a square instead
of the character. Is it what you get?

[Evertjan.]

ja wrote on 02 dec 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

hi,

i have problems with converting entities to chars, i'm using function:

function entityToString (htmlString){

htmlString = htmlString.repl ace(/(&)(#)(\d{1,})( ;)/g, function
(tot,amp,cr,cp, sem) {
return String.fromChar Code(cp);
})

return(htmlStri ng);

}

and this works fine in all browsers (ff, opera, safari, konqueror) but
not in ie :(
it seems bo work with all european and math chars, but if it gets some
like this &#477 wich is upside down "e"

also if i select generated text (from ff) and do copy and paste into
notepad i get the same results as in ie...

it makes no different if i use innerHTML, createTextNode or allert...

This works fine here:

alert (entityToString ('Hello world: ABC ǝ') )

=============== =

Why not simplify the regex and the whole function?

function entityToString2 (htmlString){
return htmlString.repl ace(/\&\#(\d+);/g,
function(y,x) {return String.fromChar Code(x);})
}

alert (entityToString 2('Hello world: ABC ǝ') )


--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[ja]

>

What sort of problem do you encounter?
The problem I have in IE (for linux...), is that I get a square instead
of the character. Is it what you get?

yeah this is it

[ja]

>

alert (entityToString 2('Hello world: ABC ǝ') )

is it works for you, in IE?

thanks for simplify :)

wojtek

[Evertjan.]

ja wrote on 02 dec 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

>>
What sort of problem do you encounter?
The problem I have in IE (for linux...), is that I get a square instead
of the character. Is it what you get?

yeah this is it

Try another font!
--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[ja]

Try another font!

>

but how can i change font in alert?
i've tried to change font, no differences for me?
did it work for you in IE with some font, which one?

wojtek

[Evertjan.]

ja wrote on 03 dec 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

>Try another font!

but how can i change font in alert?
i've tried to change font, no differences for me?
did it work for you in IE with some font, which one?

If your system uses a font that does not have a particular character you
can try to use another font and us an html incsert in the debugging fase.

<div id='t'></div>

<script type='text/javascript'>
t = "string with such character"
document.getEle mentById('t'),i nnerHTML = t
</script>

=============== ==

When the above shows you it is a font problem, you can try to change the
font depending on your system [linux, etc], the how being off topic hee.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[ja]

no, it's no a font problem... i've manually add corrupt char to function:

function entenityToStrin g (htmlString){
return htmlString.repl ace(/\&\#(\d+);/g,
function(y,x) {
/*fix for ie*/
if(x=447){
return '?';
}
return String.fromChar Code(x);
})
}

and now it's working...

wojtek

[ja]

return '?';
of course '?' is right character
wojtek