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Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition

Converts text by applying unicode character normalization.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Text 5.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition"; Text )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Text The text to process. "Hello"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Converts text by applying unicode character normalization.
This function replaces character represented by decomposed representation with the composed representation.

see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence

Examples

Test function:

#some text
Set Variable [$text; Value:"ä ö ü"]
#now make decomposed
Set Variable [$decomposedText; Value:MBS("Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition"; $text)]
#and composed again
Set Variable [$composedText; Value:MBS("Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition"; $decomposedText)]
#Now show results. See the 776 for the Diaeresis?
Show Custom Dialog ["Result"; $text & " " & MBS("Text.Characters"; $text) & ¶ & $decomposedText & " " & MBS("Text.Characters…]

Test character composition with ä and Char function:

MBS("Text.Characters"; MBS( "Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterComposition"; Char(97) & Char(776) ))

Example result: 228

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Created 3th August 2015, last changed 14th February 2020


Text.ConvertToTextEncoding - Text.ConvertUnicodeToCharacterDecomposition

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