Get the net weight string of a given string.

Get the net weight string of a given string. Net weight strings are calculated as follows:

• Replace empty strings by a zero width space (Unicode 0x200B).
• Replace all UTF-8 letters by their (Unicode) tags <0xXXXX>.
• If the strings begins with %!TT, remove the ParaStyle right behind %!TT.
• Replace all other ParaStyles by paragraph delimiters (hard returns).
• Remove all remaining TaggedText tags.
• Replace every double quota by " and every singe quota by '.
• Replace every blank (Unicode 0x2000 - 0x200F) by space.
• Replace every hyphenation sign (Unicode 0x2010 - 0x2016) by minus.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	char*		result is returned as result
result	String or char*	-	allocated string for the net weight string
str	String or char*	-	base string
convertUniTags	int	0	Auto replace Unicode tags of form <0x200B>? 0 : No Otherwise : Yes
replaceTypos	int	0	Replace quotes, blanks and hyphens by unique letters? 0 : No Otherwise : Yes
replaceHTMLEntities	int	0	[Since v5.0 R37000] Should HTML entities be replaced by their UTF-8 letters? 0 : No Otherwise : Yes. All HTML entities of the forms span[ddd src]{&auml;}, &#228; and &#xE4; are replaced by their Unicode letters (in this case ä).

Here are some results of get_netweight_str with the input string "--Hallo <0x275D>Hällo<0x275E>--". The same results you will also get with the uncoded input string "--Hallo ❝Hällo❞--".

0, 0 --Hallo <0x275D>H<0x00E4>llo<0x275E>--
0, 1 --Hallo "H<0x00E4>llo&"--
1, 0 --Hallo ❝Hällo❞--
1, 1 --Hallo "Hällo"--

Since

v3.3.1 R3810, 28. May 2013
v5.0 R36940, 8. Juli 2025: result and str are also allowed to be of type String.
Parameter replaceHTMLEntities seit v5.0 R37000

Available

priint:comet InDesign® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

comet.strutils.getNetWeight

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