Thanks for the help on the unicode question. Of course, as many of you said,
it wasn't really a unicode question after all, just a lack of understanding
about unescape() and character codes.
Just to let folks know the context, these were questions I encountered in
writing my currency converter.
Why does the world need another currency converter? Well, one day while
shopping, I needed to look up a conversion. So, I had to open up a new window,
find the converter website, type in the values, etc. And if I kept shopping,
I'd have to bookmark that page, or keep the window open, etc. There's gotta be
a better way.
So, having some spare time, I cobbled together something better. This is a
currency converter brower button, ala googlebuttons. After you put the button
on your browser, simply hilight the offending currency (including the currency
symbol), and click the button. The script will attempt to guess the currency
units (so far only $US, YEN and DM) and make the correct calculation. The next
time you use it, it remembers your currencies of choice, possibly eliminating a
couple of unnecessary mouse-clicks. It's updated every day from a bank which
shall remain nameless until they find out that I'm repurposing their data w/o
permission.
So take a look and let me know what you think. If there are problems *ahem*
When there are problems, let me know, and include possible solutions. The front
end is DHTML, and the back end is perl and mysql.
I mainly just created this to scratch an itch, teach myself a little more
javascript, and maybe accumulate a little more good kharma, but I think it
might be an itch that other people have.
Oh. I almost forgot the link :)
www.joelman.com/currency
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A train station is where a train stops.
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