Re: Cleaning up user input - fractions

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59916
interpreted = N
texte = One of my favorite little tools for this kind of stuff: http://www.robietherobot.com/calc.htm GK At 08:51 PM 11/5/2004, you wrote: >Just had a Windows user enter fractions (1/2 and 1/4) in a form, and when >it wrote to the DB, they entered as upper ascii chars. It's messing things >up and I want to convert them to normal 1/2 style fractions next time it >happens. Using BBEdit to Zap Gremlins and Replace with Code, I can see how >they ended up in the DB (\0xBA and \0x03A9); is this indicative of what >they entered in the first place? The user reports that she entered ALT + >0188, and ALT +0189. How would I enter this in a convertchars DB? As I am >on Macintosh, I can't test it. > >Thanks, >Terry ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Cleaning up user input - fractions ( Gary Krockover 2004)
  2. Cleaning up user input - fractions ( Terry Wilson 2004)
One of my favorite little tools for this kind of stuff: http://www.robietherobot.com/calc.htm GK At 08:51 PM 11/5/2004, you wrote: >Just had a Windows user enter fractions (1/2 and 1/4) in a form, and when >it wrote to the DB, they entered as upper ascii chars. It's messing things >up and I want to convert them to normal 1/2 style fractions next time it >happens. Using BBEdit to Zap Gremlins and Replace with Code, I can see how >they ended up in the DB (\0xBA and \0x03A9); is this indicative of what >they entered in the first place? The user reports that she entered ALT + >0188, and ALT +0189. How would I enter this in a convertchars DB? As I am >on Macintosh, I can't test it. > >Thanks, >Terry ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Gary Krockover

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