Convert from Entity Reference to Hex or Decimal?

[kurt]

hello,
Is there a way to convert entity references ( "ã",etc)
to their equivalent hex or decimal codes without using an associative
array or some such thing to list all the equivalencies?
thanks,
kurt

 

[Fox]

hello,
Is there a way to convert entity references ( "ã",etc)
to their equivalent hex or decimal codes without using an associative
array or some such thing to list all the equivalencies?
thanks,
kurt

These might work:

var gDiv = null;

function
entity2CharCode(ent)
{
var retval = null;

if(!gDiv)
gDiv = document.createElement('DIV');

gDiv.innerHTML = ent;

return gDiv.innerHTML.charCodeAt(0);
}

function
entity2Hex(ent)
{

if(!gDiv)
gDiv = document.createElement('DIV');

gDiv.innerHTML = ent;

return gDiv.innerHTML.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase();
}

alert("ã = &#" + entity2CharCode("ã"));
alert("ð = %" + entity2Hex("ð") +
" (" + entity2CharCode("ð") + ")");


You should implement error checking...

Fox
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[kurt]

These might work:

var gDiv = null;

function
entity2CharCode(ent)
{
var retval = null;

if(!gDiv)
gDiv = document.createElement('DIV');

gDiv.innerHTML = ent;

return gDiv.innerHTML.charCodeAt(0);
}

function
entity2Hex(ent)
{

if(!gDiv)
gDiv = document.createElement('DIV');

gDiv.innerHTML = ent;

return gDiv.innerHTML.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase();
}

alert("ã = &#" + entity2CharCode("ã"));
alert("ð = %" + entity2Hex("ð") +
" (" + entity2CharCode("ð") + ")");


You should implement error checking...

Fox
***************

works great! (mozilla, IE; on XP) thanks!