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What are %28 , % 29 ?? Can you help me find a conversion Table ?

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Silvana Grandillo

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98
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Hi,

thank you very much for being willing to help. My problem is the
following :

I have set up a Web page to receive some papers I need to review. For
some reasons I have not yet clarified, the text files I have received
are not clean but have some characters which makes understanding of the
text quite hard at times.

An example of the text I have got is like "The+effect+of
watering+on+potatoes+%28Solanum+Tuberosum+L.%29 is that of consenting
their growth."

That would be "The effect of watering on potatoes (Solanum Tuberosum L.)
is that of consenting their growth."

Now, I figured out myself that %28 = ( [open parenthesis] and that %29 =
) [closed parenthesis] or that %2C = , (comma) but there are lots of
others which I could not figure out like %3F (maybe question mark ?) or
%2F or %3A or %25 or %0D or %0A or %26 or %2B (maybe the sign + ?) or
%27 or %F6 or %2F and so on.

The help I need is the info whether there is a table anywhere (can I
download it from the Internet ?) to decode all this characters which are
recurrent (i.e. represent always the same keys, respectively).

If I could find the table, I could do a quick search and substitute and
clean my text making it quickly and easily readable.

Thanks a lot, I hope you can help my find this CONVERSION Table.
If you have it, please send it over to me as an attached file to your
e-mail to me.
THANKS !

Silvana

sg...@cornell.edu


Julian Gilbey

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98
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Silvana Grandillo wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> thank you very much for being willing to help. My problem is the
> following :
>
> I have set up a Web page to receive some papers I need to review. For
> some reasons I have not yet clarified, the text files I have received
> are not clean but have some characters which makes understanding of the
> text quite hard at times.
> [snip]

If it's not a stupid question, what has this got to do with TeX or
half of the other newsgroups you've posted to?

You will probably get a lot more decent help a lot more quickly if you
ask on one of the WWW-type newsgroups.

Julian

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Julian Gilbey Email: J.D.G...@qmw.ac.uk
Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College,
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, ENGLAND
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SpLiT

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Sep 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/15/98
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Julian Gilbey wrote:

>
> Silvana Grandillo wrote:
> >
> If it's not a stupid question, what has this got to do with TeX or
> half of the other newsgroups you've posted to?
>
> You will probably get a lot more decent help a lot more quickly if you
> ask on one of the WWW-type newsgroups.

Because smug little smart-arses like myself might have an end application
NON specific function or otherwise to process raw text, e.g. a TextPad or
Word macro, a Lisp function, a DCL command procedure, a FORTRAN program,
etc, etc, etc.

Personally I've written a number of "text filtering" routines in various
languages for importing marked-up text into any application.

You never know who's listening out there or what they've got. Who knows,
one of us may receive 1,000 raw text files in this format.
--

Shukas,
SpLiT.

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SpLiT

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Told you so, nerrr.

ASCII code, Dec 00, Hex 00 =
ASCII code, Dec 01, Hex 01 =
ASCII code, Dec 02, Hex 02 =
ASCII code, Dec 03, Hex 03 =
ASCII code, Dec 04, Hex 04 =
ASCII code, Dec 05, Hex 05 =
ASCII code, Dec 06, Hex 06 =
ASCII code, Dec 07, Hex 07 =
ASCII code, Dec 08, Hex 08 =
ASCII code, Dec 09, Hex 09 =
ASCII code, Dec 10, Hex 0A =
ASCII code, Dec 11, Hex 0B =
ASCII code, Dec 12, Hex 0C =
ASCII code, Dec 13, Hex 0D =
ASCII code, Dec 14, Hex 0E =
ASCII code, Dec 15, Hex 0F =
ASCII code, Dec 16, Hex 10 =
ASCII code, Dec 17, Hex 11 =
ASCII code, Dec 18, Hex 12 =
ASCII code, Dec 19, Hex 13 =
ASCII code, Dec 20, Hex 14 =
ASCII code, Dec 21, Hex 15 =
ASCII code, Dec 22, Hex 16 =
ASCII code, Dec 23, Hex 17 =
ASCII code, Dec 24, Hex 18 =
ASCII code, Dec 25, Hex 19 =
ASCII code, Dec 26, Hex 1A =
ASCII code, Dec 27, Hex 1B =
ASCII code, Dec 28, Hex 1C =
ASCII code, Dec 29, Hex 1D =
ASCII code, Dec 30, Hex 1E =
ASCII code, Dec 31, Hex 1F =
ASCII code, Dec 32, Hex 20 =
ASCII code, Dec 33, Hex 21 = !
ASCII code, Dec 34, Hex 22 = "
ASCII code, Dec 35, Hex 23 = #
ASCII code, Dec 36, Hex 24 = $
ASCII code, Dec 37, Hex 25 = %
ASCII code, Dec 38, Hex 26 = &
ASCII code, Dec 39, Hex 27 = '
ASCII code, Dec 40, Hex 28 = (
ASCII code, Dec 41, Hex 29 = )
ASCII code, Dec 42, Hex 2A = *
ASCII code, Dec 43, Hex 2B = +
ASCII code, Dec 44, Hex 2C = ,
ASCII code, Dec 45, Hex 2D = -
ASCII code, Dec 46, Hex 2E = .
ASCII code, Dec 47, Hex 2F = /
ASCII code, Dec 48, Hex 30 = 0
ASCII code, Dec 49, Hex 31 = 1
ASCII code, Dec 50, Hex 32 = 2
ASCII code, Dec 51, Hex 33 = 3
ASCII code, Dec 52, Hex 34 = 4
ASCII code, Dec 53, Hex 35 = 5
ASCII code, Dec 54, Hex 36 = 6
ASCII code, Dec 55, Hex 37 = 7
ASCII code, Dec 56, Hex 38 = 8
ASCII code, Dec 57, Hex 39 = 9
ASCII code, Dec 58, Hex 3A = :
ASCII code, Dec 59, Hex 3B = ;
ASCII code, Dec 60, Hex 3C = <
ASCII code, Dec 61, Hex 3D = =
ASCII code, Dec 62, Hex 3E = >
ASCII code, Dec 63, Hex 3F = ?
ASCII code, Dec 64, Hex 40 = @
ASCII code, Dec 65, Hex 41 = A
ASCII code, Dec 66, Hex 42 = B
ASCII code, Dec 67, Hex 43 = C
ASCII code, Dec 68, Hex 44 = D
ASCII code, Dec 69, Hex 45 = E
ASCII code, Dec 70, Hex 46 = F
ASCII code, Dec 71, Hex 47 = G
ASCII code, Dec 72, Hex 48 = H
ASCII code, Dec 73, Hex 49 = I
ASCII code, Dec 74, Hex 4A = J
ASCII code, Dec 75, Hex 4B = K
ASCII code, Dec 76, Hex 4C = L
ASCII code, Dec 77, Hex 4D = M
ASCII code, Dec 78, Hex 4E = N
ASCII code, Dec 79, Hex 4F = O
ASCII code, Dec 80, Hex 50 = P
ASCII code, Dec 81, Hex 51 = Q
ASCII code, Dec 82, Hex 52 = R
ASCII code, Dec 83, Hex 53 = S
ASCII code, Dec 84, Hex 54 = T
ASCII code, Dec 85, Hex 55 = U
ASCII code, Dec 86, Hex 56 = V
ASCII code, Dec 87, Hex 57 = W
ASCII code, Dec 88, Hex 58 = X
ASCII code, Dec 89, Hex 59 = Y
ASCII code, Dec 90, Hex 5A = Z
ASCII code, Dec 91, Hex 5B = [
ASCII code, Dec 92, Hex 5C = \
ASCII code, Dec 93, Hex 5D = ]
ASCII code, Dec 94, Hex 5E = ^
ASCII code, Dec 95, Hex 5F = _
ASCII code, Dec 96, Hex 60 = `
ASCII code, Dec 97, Hex 61 = a
ASCII code, Dec 98, Hex 62 = b
ASCII code, Dec 99, Hex 63 = c
ASCII code, Dec 100, Hex 64 = d
ASCII code, Dec 101, Hex 65 = e
ASCII code, Dec 102, Hex 66 = f
ASCII code, Dec 103, Hex 67 = g
ASCII code, Dec 104, Hex 68 = h
ASCII code, Dec 105, Hex 69 = i
ASCII code, Dec 106, Hex 6A = j
ASCII code, Dec 107, Hex 6B = k
ASCII code, Dec 108, Hex 6C = l
ASCII code, Dec 109, Hex 6D = m
ASCII code, Dec 110, Hex 6E = n
ASCII code, Dec 111, Hex 6F = o
ASCII code, Dec 112, Hex 70 = p
ASCII code, Dec 113, Hex 71 = q
ASCII code, Dec 114, Hex 72 = r
ASCII code, Dec 115, Hex 73 = s
ASCII code, Dec 116, Hex 74 = t
ASCII code, Dec 117, Hex 75 = u
ASCII code, Dec 118, Hex 76 = v
ASCII code, Dec 119, Hex 77 = w
ASCII code, Dec 120, Hex 78 = x
ASCII code, Dec 121, Hex 79 = y
ASCII code, Dec 122, Hex 7A = z
ASCII code, Dec 123, Hex 7B = {
ASCII code, Dec 124, Hex 7C = |
ASCII code, Dec 125, Hex 7D = }
ASCII code, Dec 126, Hex 7E = ~
ASCII code, Dec 127, Hex 7F =
ASCII code, Dec 128, Hex 80 = Ä
ASCII code, Dec 129, Hex 81 = Å
ASCII code, Dec 130, Hex 82 = Ç
ASCII code, Dec 131, Hex 83 = É
ASCII code, Dec 132, Hex 84 = Ñ
ASCII code, Dec 133, Hex 85 = Ö
ASCII code, Dec 134, Hex 86 = Ü
ASCII code, Dec 135, Hex 87 = á
ASCII code, Dec 136, Hex 88 = à
ASCII code, Dec 137, Hex 89 = â
ASCII code, Dec 138, Hex 8A = ä
ASCII code, Dec 139, Hex 8B = ã
ASCII code, Dec 140, Hex 8C = å
ASCII code, Dec 141, Hex 8D = ç
ASCII code, Dec 142, Hex 8E = é
ASCII code, Dec 143, Hex 8F = è
ASCII code, Dec 144, Hex 90 = ê
ASCII code, Dec 145, Hex 91 = ë
ASCII code, Dec 146, Hex 92 = í
ASCII code, Dec 147, Hex 93 = ì
ASCII code, Dec 148, Hex 94 = î
ASCII code, Dec 149, Hex 95 = ï
ASCII code, Dec 150, Hex 96 = ñ
ASCII code, Dec 151, Hex 97 = ó
ASCII code, Dec 152, Hex 98 = ò
ASCII code, Dec 153, Hex 99 = ô
ASCII code, Dec 154, Hex 9A = ö
ASCII code, Dec 155, Hex 9B = õ
ASCII code, Dec 156, Hex 9C = ú
ASCII code, Dec 157, Hex 9D = ù
ASCII code, Dec 158, Hex 9E = û
ASCII code, Dec 159, Hex 9F = ü
ASCII code, Dec 160, Hex A0 =
ASCII code, Dec 161, Hex A1 = °
ASCII code, Dec 162, Hex A2 = ¢
ASCII code, Dec 163, Hex A3 = £
ASCII code, Dec 164, Hex A4 = §
ASCII code, Dec 165, Hex A5 = •
ASCII code, Dec 166, Hex A6 = ¶
ASCII code, Dec 167, Hex A7 = ß
ASCII code, Dec 168, Hex A8 = ®
ASCII code, Dec 169, Hex A9 = ©
ASCII code, Dec 170, Hex AA = ™
ASCII code, Dec 171, Hex AB = ´
ASCII code, Dec 172, Hex AC = ¨
ASCII code, Dec 173, Hex AD = ≠
ASCII code, Dec 174, Hex AE = Æ
ASCII code, Dec 175, Hex AF = Ø
ASCII code, Dec 176, Hex B0 = ∞
ASCII code, Dec 177, Hex B1 = ±
ASCII code, Dec 178, Hex B2 = ≤
ASCII code, Dec 179, Hex B3 = ≥
ASCII code, Dec 180, Hex B4 = ¥
ASCII code, Dec 181, Hex B5 = µ
ASCII code, Dec 182, Hex B6 = ∂
ASCII code, Dec 183, Hex B7 = ∑
ASCII code, Dec 184, Hex B8 = ∏
ASCII code, Dec 185, Hex B9 = π
ASCII code, Dec 186, Hex BA = ∫
ASCII code, Dec 187, Hex BB = ª
ASCII code, Dec 188, Hex BC = º
ASCII code, Dec 189, Hex BD = Ω
ASCII code, Dec 190, Hex BE = æ
ASCII code, Dec 191, Hex BF = ø
ASCII code, Dec 192, Hex C0 = ¿
ASCII code, Dec 193, Hex C1 = ¡
ASCII code, Dec 194, Hex C2 = ¬
ASCII code, Dec 195, Hex C3 = √
ASCII code, Dec 196, Hex C4 = ƒ
ASCII code, Dec 197, Hex C5 = ≈
ASCII code, Dec 198, Hex C6 = ∆
ASCII code, Dec 199, Hex C7 = «
ASCII code, Dec 200, Hex C8 = »
ASCII code, Dec 201, Hex C9 = …
ASCII code, Dec 202, Hex CA =  
ASCII code, Dec 203, Hex CB = À
ASCII code, Dec 204, Hex CC = Ã
ASCII code, Dec 205, Hex CD = Õ
ASCII code, Dec 206, Hex CE = Œ
ASCII code, Dec 207, Hex CF = œ
ASCII code, Dec 208, Hex D0 = –
ASCII code, Dec 209, Hex D1 = —
ASCII code, Dec 210, Hex D2 = “
ASCII code, Dec 211, Hex D3 = ”
ASCII code, Dec 212, Hex D4 = ‘
ASCII code, Dec 213, Hex D5 = ’
ASCII code, Dec 214, Hex D6 = ÷
ASCII code, Dec 215, Hex D7 = ◊
ASCII code, Dec 216, Hex D8 = ÿ
ASCII code, Dec 217, Hex D9 = Ÿ
ASCII code, Dec 218, Hex DA = ⁄
ASCII code, Dec 219, Hex DB = €
ASCII code, Dec 220, Hex DC = ‹
ASCII code, Dec 221, Hex DD = ›
ASCII code, Dec 222, Hex DE = fi
ASCII code, Dec 223, Hex DF = fl
ASCII code, Dec 224, Hex E0 = ‡
ASCII code, Dec 225, Hex E1 = ·
ASCII code, Dec 226, Hex E2 = ‚
ASCII code, Dec 227, Hex E3 = „
ASCII code, Dec 228, Hex E4 = ‰
ASCII code, Dec 229, Hex E5 = Â
ASCII code, Dec 230, Hex E6 = Ê
ASCII code, Dec 231, Hex E7 = Á
ASCII code, Dec 232, Hex E8 = Ë
ASCII code, Dec 233, Hex E9 = È
ASCII code, Dec 234, Hex EA = Í
ASCII code, Dec 235, Hex EB = Î
ASCII code, Dec 236, Hex EC = Ï
ASCII code, Dec 237, Hex ED = Ì
ASCII code, Dec 238, Hex EE = Ó
ASCII code, Dec 239, Hex EF = Ô
ASCII code, Dec 240, Hex F0 = 
ASCII code, Dec 241, Hex F1 = Ò
ASCII code, Dec 242, Hex F2 = Ú
ASCII code, Dec 243, Hex F3 = Û
ASCII code, Dec 244, Hex F4 = Ù
ASCII code, Dec 245, Hex F5 = ı
ASCII code, Dec 246, Hex F6 = ˆ
ASCII code, Dec 247, Hex F7 = ˜
ASCII code, Dec 248, Hex F8 = ¯
ASCII code, Dec 249, Hex F9 = ˘
ASCII code, Dec 250, Hex FA = ˙
ASCII code, Dec 251, Hex FB = ˚
ASCII code, Dec 252, Hex FC = ¸
ASCII code, Dec 253, Hex FD = ˝
ASCII code, Dec 254, Hex FE = ˛
ASCII code, Dec 255, Hex FF = ˇ

Peter Flynn

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Sep 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/21/98
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Silvana Grandillo wrote:

> The help I need is the info whether there is a table anywhere (can I
> download it from the Internet ?) to decode all this characters which are
> recurrent (i.e. represent always the same keys, respectively).

It's nothing to do with SGML or TeX, which is why you got the brush-off
from a couple of people.

They are hexadecimal pairs, so: %28 is (2x64)+8 = 136 decimal. You
can look up the character code values in the back of most decent books
about the Web.

///Peter
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taught markup. A markup language is not a programming language.

Peter Flynn

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Sep 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/21/98
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paulw...@my-dejanews.com

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Sep 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/22/98
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In article <35FE68...@gecm.com>,

guy....@gecm.com wrote:
> Julian Gilbey wrote:
> >
> > Silvana Grandillo wrote:
> > >
> > If it's not a stupid question, what has this got to do with TeX or
> > half of the other newsgroups you've posted to?
> >
> > You will probably get a lot more decent help a lot more quickly if you
> > ask on one of the WWW-type newsgroups.

>


> Personally I've written a number of "text filtering" routines in various
> languages for importing marked-up text into any application.
>
> You never know who's listening out there or what they've got. Who knows,
> one of us may receive 1,000 raw text files in this format.

That's a good argument (sarcasm) for posting this question to EVERY
group. You never know if someone in alt.singles happens to be
a character set wizard...

BugBear.

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Jacques Deseyne

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Sep 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/22/98
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On Mon, 21 Sep 1998 20:40:58 -0400, Peter Flynn
<silm...@m-net.arbornet.org> wrote:

>Silvana Grandillo wrote:
>
>> The help I need is the info whether there is a table anywhere (can I
>> download it from the Internet ?) to decode all this characters which are
>> recurrent (i.e. represent always the same keys, respectively).

>[...]


>They are hexadecimal pairs, so: %28 is (2x64)+8 = 136 decimal. You

>[...]

Isn't that rather "%28 is (2 x 16) + 8 = 40 decimal", the expected
ISO646/ISO10646/Unicode/ASCII/ISO8859-x/etc. code point
for the left parenthesis ?

Best regards &#9786;,

--
Jacques Deseyne <jdes...@xs4all.be>

roman kawe

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Sep 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/22/98
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Peter Flynn <silm...@m-net.arbornet.org> writes:

> They are hexadecimal pairs, so: %28 is (2x64)+8 = 136 decimal. You

^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^

Hexadecimal is base-*16*! So %28 = (2 * 16) + 8 = 40 decimal.
'%28' is simply '('.
--
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Peter Flynn

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Sep 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM9/29/98
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Jacques Deseyne wrote:

> >They are hexadecimal pairs, so: %28 is (2x64)+8 = 136 decimal. You

> >[...]
>
> Isn't that rather "%28 is (2 x 16) + 8 = 40 decimal",

Duuh. I was asleep...sorry.

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