how to convert unicode to nstring? - ios

I have to convert unicode char to NSString
the text i have to convert is doc.title = "hello 64 \U00bf world sample"
my code is:
UILabel *lblName=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15, 0, 250, 88)];
const char *cString = [doc.title UTF8String];//where doc.title is above text
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:cString length:strlen(cString)];
NSString *string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
lblName.text= string;
NSLog(#"Title is = %# \n",doc.title);
lblName.font=[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:16];
lblName.numberOfLines=100;
lblName.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
lblName.textColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:2.0/255.0 green:104.0/255.0 blue:170.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
[cell.contentView addSubview:lblName];
[lblName release];
where am i doing wrong?
Tried the link but could not get it right.

+(NSString *)getTextFromChar:(unichar)character
{
NSString *string = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%C",character];
return string;
}
Pass your cString to this method

try this
char *cString[] = [doc.title UTF8String];//where doc.title is above text
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:cString length:strlen(cString)];
NSString *string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
lblName.text= string;
or simply call
-[NSString dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES].

Related

how to decode base64 NSString(using euc-kr) .. T.T

I have string
this string is encoded with euc-kr..
I try this code
NSString *str = MjAxObPitbUgx9C7/bq4yKPAzrfCKLnov/LFzcH2xbTAzCkguPDB/SCw+LDt
NSData *decodedData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:str options:0];
NSString *decodedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:kCFStringEncodingEUC_KR];
but result is null..
what is wrong..? and I try
NSString *decodedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:kCFStringEncodingDOSKorean];
and
NSString *decodedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:kCFStringEncodingMacKorean];
but result is same..
encoding:kCFStringEncodingMacKorean's result is not korean.;;;;;
Here is a working solution:
Starting with:
NSString *str = #"MjAxObPitbUgx9C7/bq4yKPAzrfCKLnov/LFzcH2xbTAzCkguPDB/SCw+LDt";
NSData *decodedData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:str options:0];
What you missed is that you can't really use kCFStringEncodingEUC_KR which is a CFStringEncodings with initWithData:encoding: with expects a NSStringEncoding.
You can use CFStringConvertEncodingToNSStringEncoding() to convert it:
NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:CFStringConvertEncodingToNSStringEncoding(kCFStringEncodingEUC_KR)];
NSLog(#"result: %#", result);
Output:
$>result: 2019년도 학생보호인력(배움터지킴이) 모집 공고
If you want to use "natively" the kCFStringEncodingEUC_KR, and all the CFDataRef, CFStringRef, and use the bridge then to convert CFStringRef to NSString:
CFStringRef ref = CFStringCreateWithBytes(nil, [decodedData bytes], [decodedData length], kCFStringEncodingEUC_KR, false);
NSString *result = (__bridge NSString *)ref;
NSLog(#"result: %#", result);
Output:
$>result: 2019년도 학생보호인력(배움터지킴이) 모집 공고
You might need to do some changes, I'm not really familiar with CFStringCreateWithBytes(), check the documentation.

special character like è,á are not converting their respective unicodes in Ios for other platform like android and app website

I am trying this.
-(NSString *)convertEmojiIntoUnicode:(NSString *)emojiStr{
NSData *data = [emojiStr dataUsingEncoding:NSNonLossyASCIIStringEncoding];
NSString *goodValue = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
return goodValue;
}
For Decoding
-(NSString *)convertUnicodeToEmoji:(NSString *)unicodeStr{
NSString *newString = unicodeStr;
NSData *data1 = [newString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *goodValue1 = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data1 encoding:NSNonLossyASCIIStringEncoding];
return goodValue1;
}
for characters like è is converting to \350 with above method but I am getting unicode for è- \u00E8 from android and website.
I can decode \350 and \u00E8 both with above decode method(convertUnicodeToEmoji) to è
Simply try out this solution :
NSString *myString = #"Here is conversion of char ë, é";
NSData *mData = [myString dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
NSString *strResult = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:mData encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(#"Result: %#", strResult);
Here is Output :
Result: Here is conversion of char e, e
Hope it will work for you.

Not able to decode the encoded unicode string

i am not able to decode this encoded string to its unicode value:- %5Cu20A8
NSData *unicodedStringData =
[#"%5Cu20A8" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding allowLossyConversion:NO];
NSString *stringValue =
[[NSString alloc] initWithData:unicodedStringData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
I have tried NSASCIIStringEncoding and NSUnicodeStringEncoding as well but it doesnt work.
This Worked:-
NSString *unicodedString = [[dictMain objectForKey:#"currency"] stringByRemovingPercentEncoding];
NSData *unicodedStringData = [unicodedString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *currencyUnicode = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:unicodedStringData encoding:NSNonLossyASCIIStringEncoding];
Just removing percent escapes before decoding the string.
Just improved Ashish's answer
NSString *unicodedString = [#"%5Cu20A8" stringByRemovingPercentEncoding];
NSData *unicodedStringData = [unicodedString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *currencyUnicode = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:unicodedStringData encoding:NSNonLossyASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(#"%#",currencyUnicode);
Output - ₨

Base 64 decoding produces empty

Im using the following code to convert base64 string to ordinary string.
NSError *localError = nil;
NSString *myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSData *decodedData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:myString options:0];
NSString *decodedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"encoded string , %#",myString);
NSLog(#"Decode String Value: %#", decodedString);
Encoded string prints the base64 string but the decoded string is empty. Why so?
Avoid converting to a string before decoding:
NSData *decodedData = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedData:data options:NSDataBase64DecodingIgnoreUnknownCharacters];
NSString *decodedString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:decodedData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
Some implementations of Base64 add line breaks every 64 characters. You should be able to address this by using this option: NSDataBase64DecodingIgnoreUnknownCharacters.
If you want to encode and decode data then you can use this code.
// Create NSData object
NSData *data1 =[#"My String" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
// Encoded NSString from NSData
NSString *base64Encoded = [data1 base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0];
NSLog(#"%#",base64Encoded);
// Encoding data
NSData *base64Data = [data1 base64EncodedDataWithOptions:0];
NSLog(#"%#",base64Data);
// Decoding data
NSData *nsdataDecoded = [base64Data initWithBase64EncodedData:base64Data options:0];
NSString *str = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:nsdataDecoded encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"%#", str);
You can use Base64 library to encode or decode,
https://github.com/dasdom/hAppy/tree/master/base64
Then you can use this code,
NSString *strEncoded = [Base64 encode:data];

#"23.0984" USD to #"23.09 USD"

I am sending URLRequest as mentioned below.
NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
NSString *balanceString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
And I am getting #"23.0984 USD" in balanceString
Then I would like to display it on uilabel.tex= 23.09 USD Please help me
NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
NSString *balanceString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
float amount = [balanceString floatValue]; // This will return 23.0984 as a float
NSString *formattedAmount = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%01.2f USD", amount];
Then something like this should work:
NSString * inp = #"29.2994 USD";
// Initialize a scanner to process the input
NSScanner * scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:inp];
// Pull out a floating point value
float v;
[scanner scanFloat:&v];
NSCharacterSet * ws = [NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet];
// scan through the whitespace after the float
[scanner scanCharactersFromSet:ws intoString:nil];
NSString * currency;
[scanner scanUpToCharactersFromSet:ws intoString:&currency];
// write out value:
uilabel.text= [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.2f %#",v,currency];
There might be easier ways.. But this should work..
NSString *originalString = #"23.0984 USD";
NSString *numberString = [originalString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#" USD"
withString:#""];
float number = [numberString floatValue];
NSString *changedString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.2f",number];
NSLog(#"ChangedString : %# USD",changedString);
EDIT: This answer is already accepted. But I think a better method to get number from string is to search for spaces rather than replacing hardcoded string #" USD".
NSString *originalString = #"23.0984 USD";
NSString *numberString = nil;
NSArray *parts = [originalString componentsSeparatedByString:#" "]; //space
if(parts && [parts lenght]){
numberString = [parts objectAtIndex:0];
}
float number = [numberString floatValue];
NSString *changedString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%.2f",number];
NSLog(#"ChangedString : %# USD",changedString);

Resources