NSString \u0026 to &

Question

I download html file with my app and noticed for a lot of :

\u0026

I search the net and noticed that in equal to : &

So i try to replace it to & with :

newStr = [newStr stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/u0026" withString:@"&"];

But all the \u0026 are in the string and won't replace. Any idea why it happen?

@MaxMacLeod -- Dunno -- I think with the `[duplicate]` it's quite artistic. — Hot Licks, Apr 18 '13 at 17:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '13 at 16:38

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What you really need to be using here is CFStringTransform() That Core Foundation function is going to come in real hand for anybody trying to convert to and from escaped forms.

answered Apr 18 '13 at 16:38

uchuugaka

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That's interesting. What transform name would be used? Any-Hex/Java reversed? – Hot Licks Apr 18 '13 at 17:50
Hex-Any by itself will do. Works like a charm. – uchuugaka Apr 19 '13 at 12:52
It is a wrapper around the ICU libraries, and provides a lot of convenience and a fair amount of functionality from ICU is in Cocoa or under the hood. – uchuugaka Apr 19 '13 at 12:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '13 at 16:10

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If you want to replace the substring \u0026 then you need:

newStr = [newStr stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\\u0026" withString:@"&"];

Note there needs to be two backslashes.

answered Apr 18 '13 at 16:10

rmaddy

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NSString \u0026 to &

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