Converts unicode text to strings with unicode characters. - Java java.lang

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Description

Converts unicode text to strings with unicode characters.

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w  w w.java 2 s .c o  m
     * Converts unicode text to strings with unicode characters.
     * For example, the text "\u00dc", read by Java as "\\u00dc",
     * is converted to "?"
     * @param s String to be converted
     * @return Converted string
     */
    public static String translateToUnicodeCharacters(String s) {
        int i = 0, len = s.length();
        char c;
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(len);
        while (i < len) {
            c = s.charAt(i++);
            if (c == '\\') {
                if (i < len) {
                    c = s.charAt(i++);
                    if (c == 'u') {
                        c = (char) Integer.parseInt(s.substring(i, i + 4),
                                16);
                        i += 4;
                    } // add other cases here as desired...
                }
            } // fall through: \ escapes itself, quotes any character but u
            sb.append(c);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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