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FormatTxt Function: Formats a string with special HTML characters.

Description:

The FormatTxt function applies special html characters to a string.
FormatTxt uses special codes to delineate html characters.

Syntax:

string = FormatTxt(string)

Details:

The following special
characters are supported by FormatTxt:

recognized character code replaced by
----------------------------------------------------------
[2] subscript 2 ²

[3] subscript 3 ³

[1] subscript 1 ¹

[0] subscript 0 º

[deg] degrees symbol °

[1/2] one-half ½

[3/4] three-quarters ¾

[1/4] one-quarter ¼

[tm] trademark ™

[c] copyright ©

[r] registered ®

[div] division sign ÷

[plusminus] Plus/Minus sign ±

[pounds] British Pound £

[cents] Cents sign ¢

Example:

<%
dim a

'--- set up a string with some character codes in it ( everything
'--- between the []'s will be replaced if it is recognized as a
'--- FormatTxt character code).

a =    "123[3] 1442[1] 211343[2] 112[DEG]F 14[1/2] 12[3/4] 634[1/4] " & _
    "this is copyright [C] and is a registered [R] trademark" & _
    "[TM]. 14[div]12 avg 4[plusminus]2 334[pounds] 65[cents]"

'--- write resultant string
response.write FormatTxt( a )

'--- The above example returns: 123³ 1442¹ 211343² 112°F 14½ 12¾ 634¼
'--- this is copyright © and is a registered ® trademark™. 14÷12 avg 4±2 334£ 65¢
%>

ASP Source Code:

<%
Private Function FormatTxt(byVal string)
    Const Delimiter1a = "[", Delimiter1b = "]"
    Dim a, b, c, d, strDel, strDel2
    strDel  = Delimiter1a : strDel2 = Delimiter1b
    a = instrrev( string, strDel ) : b = instrrev( string, strDel2 )
    c = Mid( string, a, b - a + 1)
    string = replace( string, c, lcase( c ) )
    d = CStr( c ) : d = LCase( c )
    Select Case LCase( d )
        Case strDel & "2" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 178 ) )
        Case strDel & "3" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 179 ) )
        Case strDel & "1" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 185 ) )
        Case strDel & "0" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 186 ) )
        Case strDel & "deg" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 176 ) )
        Case strDel & "1/2" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 189 ) )
        Case strDel & "3/4" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 190 ) )
        Case strDel & "1/4" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 188 ) )
        Case strDel & "tm" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 153 ) )
        Case strDel & "c" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 169 ) )
        Case strDel & "r" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 174 ) )
        Case strDel & "div" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 247 ) )
        Case strDel & "plusminus" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 177 ) )
        Case strDel & "pounds" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 163 ) )
        Case strDel & "cents" & strDel2
            string = Replace( string, d, chr( 162 ) )
    End Select
    if instr( string, Delimiter1a ) or instr( string, Delimiter1b ) then _
        string = FormatTxt( string )
    FormatTxt = string
End Function
%>

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