On 8/31/2010 2:33 PM, Nobody wrote:
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FWIW, my usual solution is URL-encoding (i.e. replacing any "awkward"
character by a "%" followed by two hex digits representing the byte's
value). It has the advantage that you can extend the set of bytes which
need encoding as needed without having to change the code (e.g. you can
provide a command-line argument or configuration file setting which
specifies which bytes need to be encoded).
I like that one.
A similar solution is to use an escape character, e.g., backslash, e.g.,
"This is a backslash\\ and this is a comma\,."
However, because the comma won't appear at all in the URL-encoded
version, it has the virtue of still allowing you to split on commas.
You must of course also URL encode the '%' as %25, e.g.,
"Here is a comma (%2C) and this (%2C) is a percent sign."
Alan
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