How to read unicode character out of XML?

Question

I am working with some XML that I read in that contains some unicode like this: "some text\u00CCsome more text".

If I have a string like this in the editor I can directly place it and the unicode will be interpreted.

However with the imported string I have to use a function that finds the code in the string

and then used the String.fromCharCode(uc) to substitute the code with the actual character. Am I missing something? Is there a better way to do it?

Thanks,

Ralf

D¡rk Becker · Answer

The best would be to educate the producer of the XML about encoding, und how XML natively supports Unicode.

If they are not approachable, you'd first have to decide how you're going to work with that XML.

Will you use ExtendScript's XML class, or InDesign's import?

With the former you'd probably use the JS String.replace method before you even parse the wannabe XML text, with the latter you maybe use an XSL, maybe even a global search&replace utilizing InDesign's text features.

Dirk

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