probleum in searching special character in vb

[veer]

hi
i have programe in which works fine for seaching the data from a file
but when the i want to seach the word like" mögen ". In this word " ö " has some other kind of shap and my programe did not searh it
please tell me how i will remove this probleum

varinder

[kadghar]

hi
i have programe in which works fine for seaching the data from a file
but when the i want to seach the word like" mögen ". In this word " ö " has some other kind of shap and my programe did not searh it
please tell me how i will remove this probleum

varinder

Well here it really depends on the version of visual basic you're using.

Anyway, in every version, when you open the file, if it's some kind of text file, you'll be able to chose the enconding you'll use to open it: ASCII, UNICODE, UTF8, UTF9, BigEndianUnicode, etc.

Perhaps using UTF7 or UTF8, or somekind of the file's default, this problem would be solved

HTH

[veer]

Hi
thanks for reply
but i am not understanding , but you are saying
can you give some code example so that i can search these words

thanks in advance
varinder

Well here it really depends on the version of visual basic you're using.

Anyway, in every version, when you open the file, if it's some kind of text file, you'll be able to chose the enconding you'll use to open it: ASCII, UNICODE, UTF8, UTF9, BigEndianUnicode, etc.

Perhaps using UTF7 or UTF8, or somekind of the file's default, this problem would be solved

HTH

[VijaySofist]

hi
i have programe in which works fine for seaching the data from a file
but when the i want to seach the word like" mögen ". In this word " ö " has some other kind of shap and my programe did not searh it
please tell me how i will remove this probleum

varinder

Hi Varinder!

Just select this " ö " character from the HTMl File, copy it and paste it in your coding where you are trying to find this letter. It will look like a normal o But in the working process you will find success.

All the Best

With Regards
Vijay. R

[kadghar]

Hi
thanks for reply
but i am not understanding , but you are saying
can you give some code example so that i can search these words

thanks in advance
varinder

The encoding is some kind of 'List of characters', in VB Express Edition 2005 there's an example that shows you how to open a text file with different encondings.

That's useful while working with spanish, for example, because the ASCII or the UNICODE encoding wont support "camión" or "niño". That's why i use 'Default' or UTF7 (or 8)

About what Vijay says, well, thats true, you can search any character in a string, if you want to search an special character, it's quite simple to paste it in your code or in a textbox (this will allow you to see it as it is), and then search it.

The problem here is when you import a Text File that says Óscar (my name in spanish), It'll be stored in the string as ?scar, so even if you're able to search the 'Ó' character, it wont be in the string you imported from the text file.

If you want an example, well, importing text files is a syntax that has changed a lot, but in most of the recent versions, this might be of help:

Public Shared Function ReadAllLines ( _
    path As String, _
    encoding As Encoding _
) As String()

To declare it, and then, while using, you can change the enconding.

HTH