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user656189
user656189

Reputation: 137

how to handle ascii non-printable characters in java

We have people sending non-printable \x86 type of characters in byte array in Java and when we convert it to us-ascii string, it inserts junk character in the ascii text.

Is there a format for string/other way to handle non-printable ascii characters while converting data from formats like EBCDIC to ASCII in Java?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2315

Answers (2)

Joop Eggen
Joop Eggen

Reputation: 109557

If you are in the US or "Western Europe" (UK, France, Germany), the character set probably is Windows-1252. Single-byte charset US-ASCII covers 128 characters, single-byte charset Windwos-1252 is a superset covering all 255 characters in the byte range.

Easiest is a translation table for \u0080 - \u00ff. String, as some might be better replaced by several chars, say \u008c by "OE".

Upvotes: 0

Glenn
Glenn

Reputation: 832

How would you like to handle them? Replace them with something printable (such as '?')? Remove them entirely? Some other action?

Upvotes: 1

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