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Re: ASCII to Arabic character conversion
From: Justin Ferguson <jnferguson () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 03:56:20 -0800
Peter, I wanted to add a couple things here. Firstly, its impossible to represent arabic in ASCII, each byte only has a max value of 255, and all of the possible values have been has already been assigned values. With that said you are most likely looking at something in unicode format. I realize its semantics, but its important as you try to convert it. With that said, are you wanting to translate it to english? I don't know of an automated tool that can do this other than perhaps babelfish or the likes. Additionally, I don't think its possible to convert it to ASCII, and even if it was I believe it would be useless gibberish. The best option most likely is then, from a programatic standpoint, is not to convert anything, but rather just handle each multibyte/widebyte character as a single character. If you are simply wanting to translate to english, then conversion of encodings is trivial/pointless. The final option, if you want to convert it to ASCII or similar is to transliterate each character and then convert them to ASCII as you go, I'm not sure how you would do this in a programmatic manner without an in-depth knowledge of the language. So in conclusion, you really need to be more specific about what you are trying to accomplish-- and chances are without translation to english or transliteration, you are SOL. If you want to give just straight encoding format conversions, you can try the iconv program, assuming you are on a posix compliant platform. Best Regards, Justin F. On 12/1/05, P. Entester <pentest__ () hotmail com> wrote:
Hello again, In the same capture as my previous post, all the answers are in Arabic. So, i have ACSII representatation of Arabic characters, representing cell data, that i need to translate. Is anyone here aware of a tool or a method to assist me in this? Thanks a lot, Peter Entester. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- ASCII to Arabic character conversion P. Entester (Dec 01)
- Re: ASCII to Arabic character conversion Justin Ferguson (Dec 01)
- RE: ASCII to Arabic character conversion jeremiah (Dec 01)
- Re: ASCII to Arabic character conversion Justin Ferguson (Dec 01)