How can I decode a ISO-8859-1 encoded string in JavaScript or Swift?

Asked Feb 11 '23 at 03:35

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I'm currently developing an iOS app and I have a string encoded in ISO-8859-1 format: £2,970.98 (it's showing the pound symbol here but its actually: & # 1 6 3 ;). I'm trying to decode this string back to its original form using either JavaScript or Swift.

I've got a WKWebView in my app, so that's how I can run JavaScript code within the app if necessary. So I've tried using the decodeURIComponent function and other things in swift and in JavaScript, but it doesn't seem to work for ISO-8859-1 encoded strings. Are there any other options for decoding this type of string in either JavaScript or Swift? Thank you!

Note that it doesn't auto translate it to a pound symbol in my app:

asked Feb 11 '23 at 03:35

Amy

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The use of `xx;` represents an HTML entity and is not related the string encoding. – HangarRash Feb 11 '23 at 07:03
I just tried that and it works! Thank you so much :) – Amy Feb 11 '23 at 07:39

How can I decode a ISO-8859-1 encoded string in JavaScript or Swift?

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