Re: [q-lang-users] More Unicode queries.

[Rob H. <hub...@gm...>]

> > Finally, can the Unicode characters also be escaped by name?
>
> No. Are there other languages which offer this?


Python:
    \N{name}
e.g.
    \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS}
    or \N{EM DASH}
e.g. in
    str = u'Encyclop\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER AE}dia'

[I believe Perl is similar.]


There's something similar in XML: character entities such as
    ï
    —
defined in the DTD for XHTML
    <!ENTITY iuml "&#239;" >
    <!ENTITY mdash "&#8212;" >
so I suppose these could then be used in XSLT if you count that as a
programming language.


I'm not sure there's sufficient need for something similar in Q.
(Originally, I just wondered whether if might be available "for free"
through a library used to implement Unicode support in Q.)


Thanks,
Rob.