Convert Hex code to Unicode in objective-C

Question

I'm trying to convert this :

NSString *encodedString = @"Les Profs (Com&#xE9;die)"

into another NSSting in unicode :

NSString *decodedString = @"Les Profs (Comédie)"

I can't figure out how to do that easily...

Thanks in advance !

That's an odd way of coding a character. Where did it come from? — Hot Licks, May 29 '13 at 11:02
That's what my API returns me... You'll find some more information here : http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blhtmlcodes-fr.htm — Nicolas Roy, May 29 '13 at 11:04
@MikeWeller That's why it should be decoded by a XML parser. If used outside XML/HTML, it's very odd. — Sulthan, May 29 '13 at 12:11

ajonnet · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-29T11:08:39.177

Your encoded string is containing html entities. You need to convert them to their unicode representation to get the required decoded string.

Here's how u will decode the string then

decodedStr = [encodedStr gtm_stringByUnescapingFromHTML];

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '13 at 11:15

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CFStringTransform is the Core Foundation function that gives you what you need.

answered May 29 '13 at 11:15

uchuugaka

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