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Stig

Could you please be so kind and help me in the following situation:
I am coding a simple text editor program whichwould convert an UTF-8 text file from one unicode range to another (for example, Devanagari into Latin). I have built a table of character correspondences but I am not sure which method to use on this table. So, the problem is to read the text opened in a child window, change it in accordance with my encoding table and open the result in the second MDI window.

I will be thankful for any advice.

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Stig17y ago
Thank you for the suggestion, console is OK for now. What I mean is not a translation from one language into another, but a character conversion between several Unicode ranges, for example, Gujarati -> Devanagari, Devanagari - Greek, etc. Although, as it seems, there is not much difference. I have some conversion tables I used in my Tcl scripts which contain two columns like that:
u1234 u2345
u3456 u4567, etc.

Is there any way to use these tables in a C# realisation? I mean, do I have to create a separate class for every table or the Switch case is the best way to treat them?
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Aaron17y ago

If you mean,Taking one letter and turning it into another,Like say,"A" in english to "la" in spanish.
I would use a "Switch" statement. Heres a example,

  string Encode, encoder;
            //Put what your gunna say here,well give output according to input
            Console.Write("PUT INPUT HERE: ");
            Encode = Console.ReadLine();

switch (Encode)
            {           //Input,"a - English to spanish"
                case "a - English to spanish":
                    encoder = "La";
                    break;
 default:
                    encoder = "What? I couldnt encode that!";
                    break;
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine(encoder);
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press [ENTER] to Exit");
            Console.ReadLine();

This may not be what you want,and would be loads harder,because you would have to have a Switch for every single word like: a - English to spanish a - English to Czech
But,Hopefully this helps a bit!
(sorry if you were not looking for console)