Is there a way for NSString to display HTML character codes?

Question

I have an NSString that has the following value:

   "What#39;s up fellas!"

Is there a simple way to turn HTML char codes like #39; (equivalent to ') into an apostrophe etc?

This isn't proper HTML encoding: it's missing an ampersand. The correct HTML encoding would be "What's up fellas!" — Codo, Apr 11 '11 at 17:37
Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1666717/html-entity-encoding-convert-to-lt-on-iphone-in-objective-c — Toby Allen, Apr 11 '11 at 17:56

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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check GTMNSString+HTML.h out :) It's a part of the Google Toolbox, an extension for iOS development. taken from this question

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Apr 11 '11 at 17:36

Zaky German

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More explanation in the answer is always useful :) – Toby Allen Apr 11 '11 at 17:57
@Toby Allen i agree, but i didn't feel it was necessary to simply copy paste stuff from where i linked it as everything is written there, edited the question anyway – Zaky German Apr 11 '11 at 18:08
This category looks well-coded and I think should do the trick. Great find! – Raphael Schweikert Apr 11 '11 at 19:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 23 '12 at 20:16

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Try this one, it works:

#import "NSString+HTML.h"

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

     NSString *r = @"This is a '\'";
     NSString *s = @"This is a &ltHTML-Tag&gt";

     NSString *encodedstring =  [r kv_encodeHTMLCharacterEntities];

     NSString *decodedstring =  [s kv_decodeHTMLCharacterEntities];

}

edited Sep 23 '12 at 20:16

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answered Sep 07 '12 at 12:09

Phil

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Dear Phil, stop using bit.ly every time you post an answer. – j0k Sep 07 '12 at 12:20

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 11 '11 at 17:22

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NSString has an UTF8 encode-decode function:

- (id)initWithUTF8String:(const char *)bytes
+ (id)stringWithUTF8String:(const char *)bytes
- (const char *)UTF8String

See the Class Reference here

answered Apr 11 '11 at 17:22

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The shown example isn't UTF-8 encoded. These functions won't help. – Codo Apr 11 '11 at 17:37

Is there a way for NSString to display HTML character codes?

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