Format Accented Characters for URL?

[Scott Rossi]

Thanks so much Dave -- that seems to work.  I discovered I was also
encoding a parameter along with the URL which was part of the problem, but
your routine solved the character issue.

Thanks & Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design




On 9/25/12 4:26 PM, "Dave Cragg" <dave.cragg at lacscentre.co.uk> wrote:

>
>On 25 Sep 2012, at 21:29, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi List:
>> 
>> Wondering if someone has a suggestion for URL character formatting in
>>LCŠ
>> 
>> I'm trying to format a URL string to submit to Google Maps.  The string
>>is a
>> street address that needs to be delimited using "+".  The complication
>> arises when an address contains an accented character like ñ (n +
>>tilde).
>> If I change the ñ to a roman n, the address is processed, but I thought
>>I
>> could use something like urlEncode to handle problem characters.
>
>Hi Scott
>
>I think the + char is an encoded space. That's what LC outputs instead of
>the %20 alternative.
>
>I'm guessing that strings with characaters such as ñ (n + tilde) need to
>be in UTF8 format before using url encode.
>
>Example:
>
>Here's a slightly exotic version of a well-known address:
>
>25a Thistlé Street SW Lañe, Edinburgh
>
>If we put that into field 1, then run the following:
>
>put uniDecode(uniEncode(field 1), "UTF8") into tA
>put urlencode(tA)
>
>it gives: 25a+Thistl%C3%A9+Street+SW+La%C3%B1e%2C+Edinburgh
>
>If we try this url in a browser:
>
>maps.google.com/maps?q=25a+Thistl%C3%A9+Street+SW+La%C3%B1e%2C+Edinburgh
>
>Apologies if any of the above gets rearranged in the mail.
>
>Dave
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