Special symbol is converted

Question

My app contains the special character as β (ie. beta). But it is converted as Œ and its value is shown as \U0152\U2264 in NSLog().

How can i use/replace the original symbol β ?

My code is -

 NSString *str = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"β"];

    NSString *temp = [[array2 objectAtIndex:0]valueForKey:@"Class"];
    NSString *temp1 = [[array2 objectAtIndex:0]valueForKey:@"Interactions"];


    interaction = [temp1 stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:str withString:@"β"];
     classes = [temp stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:str withString:@"β"];

     lblClass.text = classes;
  lblInteraction.text = interaction;

Thanks.

Where do you get the symbol from? A text file? A ULR response? Make sure the original symbol is ok, and use NSUTF8Encoding when working with strings. — John Smith, Jul 18 '12 at 11:19
@TeodorCarstea - thanks for reply. Actually that symbol comes from database(SQLite). And in database it is correct. And ya i m working with string, so how to use NSUTF8Endcoding. I have no any idea. Can you please show me? — rohan panchal, Jul 18 '12 at 11:20
Possible Duplicate : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9886903/iphone-how-to-write-symbol-on-a-label/9887028#9887028 — Devang, Jul 18 '12 at 11:23
NSString *stringToDisplay = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:stringFromDatabase]; I also succest you to make sure the database has a proper encoding — John Smith, Jul 18 '12 at 11:27
So you are getting \U0152\U2264 from your database? If so, as I already said, make sure the database holds a proper symbol, that is is in utf8, bla, bla. The problem might be not in objective c or iphone, but in your database — John Smith, Jul 18 '12 at 11:37
@Devang - thanks for reply. I am retriving the data from database in array. Now i want to replace occurance of that unicode with that symbol. How can i do this? — rohan panchal, Jul 18 '12 at 11:38
[yourString stringByreplacingOccurencesOfString:wrongString withString:rightString]; — John Smith, Jul 18 '12 at 11:41
@rohanpanchal : you can pass your string as parameter and it will return the output which you want. — Devang, Jul 18 '12 at 11:59

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '12 at 12:24

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This is for to be helpful for others .

I have solved my problem by replacing the symbol Œ with β as follows -

   NSString *temp = [[array2 objectAtIndex:0]valueForKey:@"Class"];
    NSString *temp1 = [[array2 objectAtIndex:0]valueForKey:@"Interactions"];


    interaction = [temp1 stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"Œ≤" withString:@"β"];
    classes = [temp stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"Œ≤" withString:@"β"];

answered Jul 18 '12 at 12:24

rohan panchal

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This does not fix the underlying problem at all; it's just a dirty hack for this one single instance of the problem. It will probably fail horribly if your string is, for instance, *"Sesamöl (향유) ist eine wichtige Zutat in der koreanischen Küche"*. – fzwo Jul 18 '12 at 12:37

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