Question

My Question is regarding special Character in NSString.

Actual name:- Yusuf Doğan

Retrieve name= Yusuf Do\u011fan

My Actual fb friend name is Yusuf Doğan (Check Special “g with ~ cap”).

I take it as NSdata and then converter it in to nsstring.

NSString *stringResponse = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:response encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

But the nsstring shows it as

“Yusuf Do\u011fan”

Similar cause with the following.

Ricsi Zoványi as Ricsi Zov\u00e1nyi

Pero Perić as Pero Peri\u0107

Any Solution.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can try this:

        NSString *source = [NSString stringWithString:_username];
        [_username release];
        NSMutableString *result = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
        NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:source];
        [scanner setCharactersToBeSkipped:nil];
        while (![scanner isAtEnd]) {
            NSString *chunk;

            // Scan up to the Unicode marker
            [scanner scanUpToString:@"\\u" intoString:&chunk];
            // Append the chunk read
            [result appendString:chunk];

            // Skip the Unicode marker
            if ([scanner scanString:@"\\u" intoString:nil]) {

                // Read the Unicode value (assume they are hexa and four)
                unsigned int value;
                NSRange range = NSMakeRange([scanner scanLocation], 4);
                NSString *code = [source substringWithRange:range];
                [[NSScanner scannerWithString:code] scanHexInt:&value];
                unichar c = (unichar) value;

                // Append the character
                [result appendFormat:@"%C", c];

                // Move the scanner past the Unicode value
                [scanner scanString:code intoString:nil];
            }
        }
        _username = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",result] retain];
        [result release];
    }