Char to timstamp converstion

Hi Gurus,
How to convert char to timestamp in obiee
col1-(datatype-char)-8/17/2010 10:21:14 PM
thanks

Try this
EVALUATE('TO_TIMESTAMP(%1,%2)' AS timestamp, current_date||'10:10:00', 'YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS')
Replace current_date and time with your column names.For me it was not giving time.So i override default data format and selected custom date format.
Check it once.
Regards,
Sandeep

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Char to date converstion

Hi Gurus,
how to convert to below mentioned format to date datatype
cast (col1 as char)|| col2
col1-times(datatype-timestamp
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thanks
Edited by: user1124854 on Nov 23, 2010 3:08 AM

Hi Gurus,
i wanted to concat below mentioned columns and then wants to convert to date
col1-(datatype-date)
col2-(datatype -char)
col1-(values)-17/08/2010
col2 (values)-06PM
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Edited by: user1124854 on Nov 23, 2010 8:26 AM

How to display char code properly?

Hi all,
I am trying to convert the decimal numebr (0 to 127) to a char (ASCII code). I found the code here http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/894CF5FE064971BF8625758400014993
I try with several numbers but it doesn't shown the same character as shown in http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/475C4E4F3A638AA58625795F007EC531?OpenDocument
For example, I tried 104, it shows "@ " but it should be "h". I tried 33, it shows "@" but it should be "!" (no quotation). I wonder what's the right way to do the converstion or is it the wrong way to display it?
By the way, if I have an array for decimal numbers, besides using loop and code like above to convert all of them to ASCII one by one, is that any faster way to do the conversion? Thanks.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

johnsold wrote:
PKIM,
Typecast is not the function to use for what you want to do. It forces the binary representation of the data to be re-interpreted as a different datatype. The Extended datatype is particularly problematic as it uses different binary representations on different platforms.
1. You should use a binary datatype, specifically U8, for numbers which will be converted to characters in a string.
2. If the input is U8, typecast to string actually works.
3. For an array (of U8) use the Byte Array to String function.
4. To convert a string to an array of U8 use the complemantary String to Byte Array function.
5. These functions may be found in Nuumeric >> Conversion or String >> Path/Array/String Conversion palettes/
Lynn
Thanks johnsold, it does help. I have a question about the data conversion. If the array of interger is a word (two-byte integer) and I would like to convert each byte of the word to ASCII. How can I do that? I mean how can I extract the first 8 bits and bit 8 to bit 15 from a word in labview? It is pretty easy to do so in C/C++ but I don't know how to do that in labview.

Java Types Conversting & Casting .

Hi All !
Really i do have two questions regarding Java Type Conversion and Casting
and hope i would find (good) answers :
[Q1:]
why it's legal to convert(implicitly) from ( long --> float ) and this is
said to be a widening conversion even if the size of long is longer than float
and hence there a possible loss of information ?
[Q2:]
why it's legal to cast(explicitly) from ( byte --> char ) and how compiler will deal
with byte as singed and char as unsigned during type casting (this is said to be
a narrowing converstion and it is really is ) ?
for [Q2:] i did the follwing code :
public class TestNarw
     public TestNarw()
          byte bBefore=-100; // change this value to whatever negative number that is to fit in a byte.
          char c=(char)bBefore;
          byte bAfter=(byte)c;
          System.out.println(bBefore);
          System.out.println(c);
          System.out.println(bAfter);
     public static void main(String args[])
          new TestNarw();
           the SURPRISE on the code above is that the output is :
-100
-100
and when i change the value of "bBefore" to any negative number that is to fit in a
byte it (e.g: -10) it gives the same value for the variable "c" (character)which is ASCII "63" ="?"
but when i test it with a suitable postive number , it works fine and the character (c) represents that number
so how it deals with converstion from negative byte to char ?
Thanks ...

Q1: you can always cast between primitive types (numbers, not boolean). The only problem is you lose precision in certain directions. A long to float isn't necessarily going to change the value, but it really depends on the long value. If it's out of range of float, it'll basically be wrapped around to the negative side. (at least that's what long to int would do, not sure if float or double behave different in that regard).
Q2: The value -100 converted to a char would probably be 65436, which prints as "?" because DOS can't print that character. Then when you cast back, 65436 is out of range for a byte, so it rolls back around to -100.
Try this:
byte b = 127;
System.out.println(b);
System.out.println((byte)b+1);
System.out.println((byte)0xFF); // 255 in hex
It'll print 127, then -128, then -1. When you go out of range, it just wraps around. For this reason, you often have to be carefull what size you store things as.

How can I select the last 2 chars of a string

Hello all,
I am trying to select the last 2 characters of a string to match them to another string. This is for a Poem generator that contains 20 or so words and I have to pick 2 words at random, them look at the last 2 characters to see if they match in each string. Say "Plain" and "Rain" would match because they both have "in" at the end. The length of each word could vary. I don't want this doing for me just what Method should I be looking at.
Thanks.

hi,
try this:
public class StringTest {
     public static void main(String args[]) {
          StringTest obj = new StringTest();
          obj.same();
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          String rain = new String("Rain");
          String plain = new String("Plain");
          int rainLength = rain.length();
          int plainLength = plain.length();
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Convert Char to float

Hi all,
Am wanting to convert a char value (the infoobject is defined as NUMC) into float in order to perform a calculation in the FOX formula. It would not allow the char value to be stored into a float variable...comes back wz an error message - Types of operands F and <infoobject_numc> do not agree.
Any ways of doing this? I thought about using a function to perform the conversion from char to float format but dont knw if such a function exists on the BI system?
Thanks!

Hi,
I sometimes use a local variable of type STRING to pass on values to other data types:
DATA local type STRING.
local = A.
B = local.
But I'm not sure it will work for you. If not, you can do it with an exit function.
D

While Creation Of SaleOrder Char Values are not getting saved.(V C)

Hi SAP gurus,
One of my client can able to create a saleorder but when we go and see in VA03 Display mode,we found Charactrestic values getting miised out.What could be the probale reasons.
Note: I Have stimulate the required combination as per my client requirement in CU50,here i can able to indentify the Green Sign,but While Creation Of SaleOrder Char Values are not getting saved.
Awaiting for your valuable reply.
Cheers,
Kumar.S

Kumar ,
If you assign values in classification view or configuration profile they will become default for the product, and it willnot be changed in sales order.
another thing if the item category is incorrect you will not get the configuration pop up at all .
problem what i understand from your thred is at the time of sales ordeer creation there is some inconsistances in the configuration , may be some condition is not fullfilling.
If in CU50 the result shown are error free, same configuration should owrk properly in sales configuration process, please again try to create it in sales order with same value assignment also check all the messages.
see the result of configuration before saving the sales order , i hoep it will work for you.
I am assuming all the things from SD are properly configured ie item catageory, varient pricing etc.
Check and revert back.
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NON English chars are saved as "?"

I try to update large amount of chars to both SQL server(or MSDE) and
MS Access.
when I use the following :
byte[] data = str.getBytes("ISO-8859-1");
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
ps.setAsciiStream(parameterIndex,bais,data.length);
the text is save correctly to MS Access but in MSDE it is saved as "?"
(I have installed it with the correct collation=hebrew_ci_ai and the regional settings are correct)
When I used ps.setCharacterStream() is saved the data o.k in MSDE but with MS Access an exception accoured when saving a large amount of text ..
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SanskritFritz wrote:
That should be "es_ES.utf8"
Sorry, i mispelled it in the post.
Of course, my locale is es_ES.utf8:
LANG=es_ES.utf8
LC_CTYPE="es_ES.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="es_ES.utf8"
LC_TIME="es_ES.utf8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="es_ES.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="es_ES.utf8"
LC_PAPER="es_ES.utf8"
LC_NAME="es_ES.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="es_ES.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="es_ES.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="es_ES.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="es_ES.utf8"
LC_ALL=
I don't think this could be the source of the problem, because, except in the places I said in the firs post, the rest of my system works perfectly.

Can Not Display Normal Chinese Chars in JSP

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I am displaying some chinese chars in a normal JSP file but it show me some
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Hi Howard,
if i use Font.createFont() to general font object that
can solve chinese display problem in RH 7.3. but i
thought, it's no reasonable way to use font object.
that is really bad for cross-platform benefit or you
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have a way to set default font use createFont()
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} catch (FontFormatException ffe) {
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Difference between char and varchar, also the difference between varchar2

Hi,
Can anyone explain me the difference between char and varchar, and also the difference between varchar and varchar2...

Varchar2 is variable width character data type, so if you define column with width 20 and insert only one character to tis column only, one character will be stored in database. Char is not variable width so when you define column with width 20 and insert one character to this column it will be right padded with 19 spaces to desired length, so you will store 20 characters in the dattabase (follow the example 1). Varchar data type from Oracle 9i is automaticlly promoted to varchar2 (follow example 2)
Example 1:
SQL> create table tchar(text1 char(10), text2 varchar2(10))
2 /
Table created.
SQL> insert into tchar values('krystian','krystian')
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> select text1, length(text1), text2, length(text2)
2 from tchar
3 /
TEXT1 LENGTH(TEXT1) TEXT2 LENGTH(TEXT2)
krystian 10 krystian 8
Example 2:
create table tvarchar(text varchar(10))
SQL> select table_name,column_name,data_type
2 from user_tab_columns
3 where table_name = 'TVARCHAR'
4 /
TABLE_NAME COLUMN_NAME DATA_TYPE
TVARCHAR TEXT VARCHAR2
Best Regards
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Cannot obtain an appropriate JDBC type for class char.

The above error while deploying...The full error is below. The only datatypes used are: integer, timestamp,string, decimal and date (so no char). Can anybody help?
Caught exception during application deployment from SAP J2EE Engine's deploy service:
java.rmi.RemoteException: Cannot deploy application sap.com/SAPAS12013.. Reason: Cannot obtain an appropriate JDBC type for class char. To store the field with this class in the database, the class must implement java.io.Serializable.; nested exception is: com.sap.engine.services.deploy.container.DeploymentException: <--Localization failed: ResourceBundle='com.sap.engine.services.deploy.DeployResourceBundle', ID='com.sap.engine.services.ejb.exceptions.deployment.EJBDeploymentException: Cannot obtain an appropriate JDBC type for class char. To store the field with this class in the database, the class must implement java.io.Serializable.
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at com.sap.engine.services.ejb.deploy.xml.CMPParser.fillCmpFieldInfo(CMPParser.java:89)
at com.sap.engine.services.ejb.deploy.xml.CMPParser.parseCMPFields(CMPParser.java:644)
at com.sap.engine.services.ejb.deploy.xml.CMPParser.parseFields(CMPParser.java:121)
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at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.makeComponents(DeploymentTransaction.java:594)
at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeployUtilTransaction.commonBegin(DeployUtilTransaction.java:379)
at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.begin(DeploymentTransaction.java:296)
at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesOnOneServer(ApplicationTransaction.java:290)
at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhases(ApplicationTransaction.java:323)
at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.makeGlobalTransaction(DeployServiceImpl.java:3033)
at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:463)
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at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl._runInternal(DispatchImpl.java:294)
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at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.ActionObject.run(ActionObject.java:37)
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Hi Ashley,
And yet, apparently you have a cmp-field with type <b>char</b> in one of your CMP entity beans. This is not supported. Please refer to the <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/13/dbb2b66146934a9662918755038ea1/frameset.htm">Object/Relational Mapping Rules</a> and especially to the first bullet under the table.
Hope that helps!
Vladimir

On the use of VARCHAR2 vs. CHAR

I'm posting an e-mail thread that has been moving around in my organization, whith guidance from an Oracle representative.
The basic issue concerns the use of CHAR vs. VARCHAR2 when defining a table in Oracle.
I would like to get some comments from the community at large.
1. Business semantics should be represented in every aspect of a database, application, and design as far as I am concerned. Noteably, if the business rule at a corporate entity is clearly stated that when using Oracle the use of CHAR should be limited to those attribute implementations which have the following characteristics; a) The attribute may not be null, b) The attribute must have a character in each of the declared positions.
2. When the Visual Basic application began writing data to the CHAR columns in your application someone should have had a discussion with the developer to find out why this was happening. If the business semantics changed then the logical implemention of the business semantics should have changed as well. That the two were disconnected is not a problem with the CHAR type, it is a problem with the designer or the developer. The bottom line on this instance is that the column should have been defined as a VARCHAR2 data type since the business semantics no longer complied with the criteria set forth in the previous paragraph.
3. I think Oracle trys to load as much of the data from a table or index into shared memory, in this case the database block buffers, as it can in order to facilitate query operations. If Oracle has enough memory and can load a table or index into memory, it will do so. At the same time the database engine will move previously cached data out of memory to accommodate the new requirement.
-----Original Message-----
Thank you for the detail information on CHAR and VARCHAR2. It got me thinking with a DBA hat. I worked as a DBA before and I did use the CHAR type and I will share my experience/thought on CHAR.
I don't like to use the char type like Tom has advised because Oracle does not check to see if the value being inserted fills up the column or not which can lead to a problem. And there is no performance gain or save space in Oracle.
I worked as a DBA before, I used char type on the "must fill/always filled" column (pre DMDC). The application was written in VB with Oracle back end. At some point, VB started inserting values that are short of the column width and created a minor problem (it was supposed to be filled column). The problem was quickly identified and fixed, but it caused an issue.
I realize that I don’t want to define it as a "must fill/always filled" column if you can't enforce it by simply defining the char data type on a table and prevent possible issue in the future.
For a manager, in order to use the char properly, you have to hire client developers with Oracle experience or provide a basic Oracle training in order to avoid the problem I mentioned above in order to use the char type correctly.
I think you, Tom and I are saying the same thing really. Only difference is that Tom and I can not think of a good reason why anyone would like to indicate the business semantics using column type on the database, when it can lead to more work/issues.
In regards to wasted 25 million byes, why would Oracle load the table with 25 million rows? Shouldn't it use an index? Don't you have a serious problem if Oracle is loading table with the 25 million rows?
Just my two cents... : )
-----Original Message-----
May I beg to differ?
CHAR plays a vital role in the intuitive interpretation of a database schema. If designed correctly, the use of CHAR tells anyone who is in the know that this is a must fill column. Thus if a column is defined as CHAR(3) everyone should know that the column will always contain three characters. Defining the column as VARCHAR2(3) does not tell you anything about the data other than that the column may contain 0-3 characters.
Also, If a column is defined as CHAR the column should always be populated. One of the nice features of VARCHAR2 is that if the column is defined at the end of a table, there is no storage overhead until that column is actually populated. Thus if you have a table that has an identifier that is nine characters in length and will always be populated with nine characters, an attribute which describes the type of identifier which is contained in the first column and which must always be populated and is a must fill attribute, and another column which is descriptive and may vary in length or not be populated at time of insert; the following definition does not express the business semantics of the entity:
COL_CD VARCHAR2(9)
COL_TYP_TXT VARCHAR2(26)
COL_TYP_CD VARCHAR2(2)
The above definition also does not take advantage of inherent storage features of Oracle; notably there is a wasted place holder between COL_CD and COL_TYP_TXT and between COL_TYP_TXT and COL_TYP_CD. The next definition does take advantage of the storage features but does not represent the business semantics of the entity:
COL_CD VARCHAR2(9)
COL_TYP_CD VARCHAR2(2)
COL_TYP_TXT VARCHAR2(26)
The above definition does not waste space storing a place holder between COL_TYP_CD and COL_TYP_TXT if the COL_TYP_TXT may be null. The column separator will only be used when the column contains data. The below definition satisfies both the storage and business semantics issues:
COL_CD CHAR(9)
COL_TYP_CD CHAR(2)
COL_TYP_TXT VARCHAR2(26)
This may seem pedantic in nature until you consider the situation where there are 25 million rows in the table represented by the above entity. If each row has a NULL COL_TYP_TXT value then the first example wasted 25 million bytes of storage and 25 million bytes of memory if the full table is loaded into memory. This is an issue which cannot be ignored in high volume databases.
You may wish to know why it is important to define a must fill/always fill column as a CHAR to express the business semantics of an attribute. I can't give a definitive answer to that other than to say that it is just good database manners.
So please, continue to use CHAR when the shoe fits. Don't throw something away that has use just because it is not popular or in the mode.
Also, if I am mistaken in any of the above, please feel free to educate me.
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
Subject: RE: Oracle on the use of VARCHAR2 vs. CHAR
Ignore if you already got this. This is just FYI.
-----Original Message-----
Below is a detailed answer to your VARCHAR2 or CHAR questions from our Database expert Tom Kyte. The short answer is VARCHAR2 is what you want to use. If you have any questions or want to discuss this in more detail let me know.
A CHAR datatype and VARCHAR2 datatype are stored identically (eg: the word 'WORD' stored in a CHAR(4) and a varchar2(4) consume exactly the same amount of space on disk, both have leading byte counts).
The difference between a CHAR and a VARCHAR is that a CHAR(n) will ALWAYS be N bytes long, it will be blank padded upon insert to ensure this. A varchar2(n) on the other hand will be 1 to N bytes long, it will NOT be blank padded.
Using a CHAR on a varying width field can be a pain due to the search semantics of CHAR.
Consider the following examples:
ops$tkyte@8i> create table t ( x char(10) ); Table created.
ops$tkyte@8i> insert into t values ( 'Hello' );
1 row created.
ops$tkyte@8i> select * from t where x = 'Hello';
X
Hello
ops$tkyte@8i> variable y varchar2(25)
ops$tkyte@8i> exec :y := 'Hello'
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
ops$tkyte@8i> select * from t where x = :y; no rows selected
ops$tkyte@8i> select * from t where x = rpad(:y,10);
X
Hello
Notice how when doing the search with a varchar2 variable (almost every tool in the world uses this type), we have to rpad() it to get a hit.
If the field is in fact ALWAYS 10 bytes long, using a CHAR will not hurt -- HOWEVER, it will not help either.
The only time I personally use a CHAR type is for CHAR(1). And that is only because its faster to type char(1) then varchar2(1) -- it offers no advantages.
If you just use varchar2 everywhere, no problem
My advice is, has been, will be very loudly stated as:
IGNORE THE EXISTENCE OF CHAR.
period. If you never use char, you never compare char to varchar2, problem solved.
And if you use char and compare a char(n) to a char(m) they will never compare either.
Just say NO TO CHAR.
**************************************************

Hi,
>>A CHAR datatype and VARCHAR2 datatype are stored identically (eg: the word 'WORD' stored in a CHAR(4) and a varchar2(4) consume exactly the same amount of space on disk, both have leading byte counts).
Ok, but on the other hands:
SGMS@ORACLE10> create table x (name char(10), name2 varchar2(10));
Table created.
SGMS@ORACLE10> insert into x values ('hello','hello');
1 row created.
SGMS@ORACLE10> commit;
Commit complete.
SGMS@ORACLE10> select vsize(name),vsize(name2) from x;
VSIZE(NAME) VSIZE(NAME2)
10 5
SGMS@ORACLE10> select dump(name),dump(name2) from x;
DUMP(NAME) DUMP(NAME2)
Typ=96 Len=10: 104,101,108,108,111,32,32,32,32,32 Typ=1 Len=5: 104,101,108,108,111Cheers

Problems with string larger char(255)

Hi guys ,
Something really weird happened to me , i have the following code to create a flat file , suddenly it is truncating the lines in 250 , its funny i see wa_ti_fich+330(5)   in the debugging and it has data , but the whole wa_ti_fich is only 255 long , ive tried with type char600 , with the same result , i cant use type string beacuse is not allow for unix file .
data: begin of ti_fich occurs 0,
        linha(527),
      end of ti_fich .
wa_ti_fich-linha+49(15) = montante.
    wa_ti_fich-linha+64(2)   = '02'.   "codigo moeda 02
    wa_ti_fich-linha+106(2) = '01'. "Codigo de la situación.
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    wa_ti_fich-linha+120(8) = itab_saida-datav.
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    wa_ti_fich-linha+329(1) = '2'.
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    wa_ti_fich-linha+446(50) = itab_saida-ort01." nom_mun :
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    wa_ti_fich-linha+501(5) = itab_saida-pstlz.
append wa_ti_fich to ti_fich .
please don send me links for scn or google with similar subjects because i ve already checked it , believe me .
thank

255 is the maximum output lengh for CHAR variables in the Old Debugger. So it is normal that you don't see the end of the string in the Old Debugger.
If you have a newer R/3-Release you can use the New Debugger and choose the output format "Tabular". In this display format, the contents are portioned into 50 characters each and thus you'll see the complete string. In older R/3-Releases, where the New Debugger is not yet available, you will have to input manually offsets in the debugger to see the complete string.

Problems with string encoding - need the text content in char* format.

The problem is non ASCII-characters, which comes out as some sort of unicode I need to desipher.
Here's what I got:
A text frame object with the TextString "Agnartjørna"
I get the text content of this object into an ai::UnicodeString the following way:
AIErr
VMGetTextOfTextArt( AIArtHandle textArt, ai::UnicodeString &ucStr)
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        ATE::ITextRange ateRange = ateText.GetTextRange( true);
        ASInt32 textLen = ateRange.GetSize();
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        sSPBlocks->FreeBlock( textBuffer);
        textBuffer = NULL;
       AIRETURN;
    AICATCH {
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Now, the next step is to convert it into a form that I can use to call regexp.
Baiscally, I want to detect the ending "tjørna" (meaning small lake) on a map label, and apply a standard abbevriation "tj^a" (with "a" superscripted).
So the problem is to obtain the regexp pattern and the text content in same encoding. And since the regexp library is old *char based, I would like to convert the text content in to plain old *char.
Hence the following code:
static AIErr
VMAbbreviateTextArt( AIArtHandle textArt,
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    /* first obtain the text contents of the textArt */
       ai::UnicodeString ucText;
      const int kTextLen = 256;
      char textContent[kTextLen];
      AIX( VMGetTextOfTextArt( textArt, ucText));
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But textContent now has the value "Agnartj\xbfnna" (According to XCode),
which will not get a match on the pattern "tj([øe][rn])na\\" (with backslash matching the end of the string)
Any other ways to convert the textContent to a plain *char string?

Thank you very much, your method will work fine. with
the "UTF-8" parameter the byte[].length is double,
cause every valid byte is preceeded by an -62, but I
will just filter the valid bytes into a new array.
Thanks again,
StefanActually what you need to do is to find the character encoding that your device expects, and then you can code your strings in Arabic.
That's the way Java does things; Strings and char values are always in UNICODE (see www.unicode.org) (which means \u600 to \u6ff for arabic) and uses a specified character encoding when translating these to and from a byte stream.
Each national character encoding has a name. Most of them are identical to ASCII for 0-127 and code their national characters in 128-255.
Find the encoding name for your display and, odds are, the JRE has it in the library.
BTW the character encoding ISO-8859-1 simply maps UNICODE characters 0-255 on to bytes.

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