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BossEncodeStr
Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 4 January 1996
Index NAME
BossEncodeStr - Convert ASCII string to B.O.S.S. character set
SYNOPSIS
#include <boss.h>unsigned char *BossEncodeStr(str)char *str;
DESCRIPTION
This function is part of the Casio Boss communications library(libboss.a). This function does the opposite of
BossDecodeStr(3).A copy of str is returned except that any escape sequences found instr will be replaced with the B.O.S.S. binary equivalent. (eg. "\AE"will be replaced with 0222 or 0x92)
The purpose of this function is so that strings from other data sourcescan be filtered through this function before being sent to the B.O.S.S.In this way, other programs may make use of the same escape sequencesdefined by Boss parser.
ESCAPE SEQUENCES
This table shows the special characters that cannot be represented inASCII. The columns OCTAL/HEX show the actual binary value for a B.O.S.S. character.The column ESCAPE show what the ASCII escape seqence would be. The last columnis a common descriptiono of what the character looks like.
OCTAL HEX ESCAPE CHARACTER DESCRIPTION ----- --- ------ ------------------------------------------ 0025 16 \S Two superimposed S's (section number sign) 0074 3c \< less than symbol. 0134 5c \\ Backslash 0200 80 \C, The letter C with a comma like tail 0201 81 \u: Umlaut accents 0202 82 \e' Acute accents. 0203 83 \a^ Circumflex accents 0204 84 \a: Umlaut accents 0205 85 \a` Grave accents 0206 86 \a. The letter 'a' with a small circle on top. 0207 87 \c, The letter 'c' with a commal like tail out of bottom. 0210 88 \e^ Circumflex accents 0211 89 \e: Umlaut accents 0212 8a \e` Grave accents 0213 8b \i: Umlaut accents 0214 8c \i^ Circumflex accents 0215 8d \i` Grave accents 0216 8e \A: Umlaut accents 0217 8f \A. Angstrom symbol (Letter 'A' with small circle atop) 0220 90 \E' Acute accents. 0221 91 \ae Two letters 'a' and 'e' next to each other. 0222 92 \AE Two letters 'A' and 'E' next to each other 0223 93 \o^ Circumflex accents 0224 94 \o: Umlaut accents 0225 95 \o` Grave accents 0226 96 \u^ Circumflex accents 0227 97 \u` Grave accents 0228 98 UN-ASSIGNED 0231 99 \O: Umlaut accents 0232 9a \U: Umlaut accents 0233 9b \c| Cents symbol. ('c' with line through it) 0234 9c \l A decorative 'l'-looking character. 0235 9d \Y A Y shaped character with two horizontal bars (upsilon?) 0237 9f \f italics f looking symbol (integration?) 0240 a0 \a' Acute accents. 0241 a1 \i' Acute accents. 0242 a2 \o' Acute accents. 0243 a3 \u' Acute accents. 0244 a4 \N~ Tilde accents 0245 a5 \n~ Tilde accents 0246 a6 \a_ small 'a' with an underscore under it. 0247 a7 \o_ small 'o' with an underscore under it. 0250 a8 \? upside down question mark. (open question) 0251 a9 UN-ASSIGNED 0252 aa UN-ASSIGNED 0253 ab \12 1/2 symbol 0254 ac \14 1/4 symbol 0255 ad \! upside down exclamation mark '!'. (open exclamation) 0256 ae \{- A left pointing arrow symbol. 0257 af \-} A right pointing arrow symbol. 0260 b0 UN-ASSIGNED 0261 b1 UN-ASSIGNED 0262 b2 UN-ASSIGNED 0263 b3 \| Large vertical bar. 0264 b4 UN-ASSIGNED 0265 b5 \A' Acute accents. 0266 b6 \I' Acute accents. 0267 b7 \O' Acute accents. 0270 b8 \U' Acute accents. 0271 b9 \A` Grave accents 0272 ba \E` Grave accents 0273 bb \I` Grave accents 0274 bc \O` Grave accents 0275 bd \U` Grave accents 0276 be \P Backward P with two vertical bars. (paragraph sign) 0277 bf UN-ASSIGNED 0300 c0 UN-ASSIGNED 0301 c1 UN-ASSIGNED 0302 c2 UN-ASSIGNED 0303 c3 UN-ASSIGNED 0304 c4 UN-ASSIGNED 0305 c5 UN-ASSIGNED 0306 c6 \A^ Circumflex accents 0307 c7 \E^ Circumflex accents 0310 c8 \I^ Circumflex accents 0311 c9 \O^ Circumflex accents 0312 ca \U^ Circumflex accents 0313 cb \E: Umlaut accents 0314 cc \I: Umlaut accents 0315 cd \A~ Tilde accents 0316 ce \a~ Tilde accents 0317 cf \O~ Tilde accents 0320 d0 \o~ Tilde accents 0321 d1 \IJ Two letters 'I' and 'J' next to each other 0322 d2 \ij The two letters 'i' and 'j' next to each other. 0323 d3 \^3 Power of 3 symbol 0324 d4 \34 3/4 symbol 0325 d5 UN-ASSIGNED 0326 d6 UN-ASSIGNED 0327 d7 UN-ASSIGNED 0330 d8 \Fr The 'F' letter followed by an 'r'. 0331 d9 UN-ASSIGNED 0332 da UN-ASSIGNED 0333 db UN-ASSIGNED 0334 dc UN-ASSIGNED 0335 dd UN-ASSIGNED 0336 de UN-ASSIGNED 0337 df UN-ASSIGNED 0340 e0 UN-ASSIGNED 0341 e1 \B Beta symbol. 0342 e2 UN-ASSIGNED 0343 e3 UN-ASSIGNED 0344 e4 UN-ASSIGNED 0345 e5 UN-ASSIGNED 0346 e6 \mu microsecond symbol (mu symbol) 0347 e7 UN-ASSIGNED 0350 e8 \O- Empty set symbol. (narrow 'O' with a slash through it) 0351 e9 UN-ASSIGNED 0352 ea \Om Omega symbol. 0353 eb UN-ASSIGNED 0354 ec UN-ASSIGNED 0355 ed \o- A small short 'o' with a slash through it. (phi) 0356 ee UN-ASSIGNED 0357 ef UN-ASSIGNED 0360 f0 UN-ASSIGNED 0361 f1 \+- a plus minus symbol (A '+' character on top of a '-') 0365 f5 \x Times symbol (multiplication) 0366 f6 \dv Division symbol 0370 f8 \^o Degree symbol. (small raised cirle) 0373 fb \sq Square root symbol. 0375 fd \^2 Power of 2 symbol. 0376 f0 UN-ASSIGNED 0377 ff UN-ASSIGNED RETURN VALUES
- A non-NULL pointer is returned to indicate success. The pointer willpoint to a malloc'd string which is identical to str, except thatASCII escape sequences have been converted to the B.O.S.S. binaryequivalent.
- NULL:
- A NULL pointer is returned to indicate an error. Usually a memoryerror or invalid character.
SEE ALSO
BossDecodeStr(3),
BossError(3),
boss_format(5),
boss_data(3)
AUTHOR
Ken Stauffer
Email: kstaufferAATTattmail.com
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- ESCAPE SEQUENCES
- RETURN VALUES
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHOR
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