Smart quotes

[Max]

Anyone have a smart-quotes algorithm? Preferably in Java; python 2nd
best; otherwise anything I can grok.

Is there anything better (smarter) than:
1) if the previous character was non-whitespace, this is a close
2) else, if the next character is non-whitespace, this is an open
?

--Max

[Oliver Hirschi]

Re: Smart quotes


"Max" <rabkin@mweb[DOT]co[DOT]za> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:BqednRQkwp p81UDfRVn-uA@is.co.za...[color=blue]
> Anyone have a smart-quotes algorithm? Preferably in Java; python 2nd
> best; otherwise anything I can grok.
>
> Is there anything better (smarter) than:
> 1) if the previous character was non-whitespace, this is a close
> 2) else, if the next character is non-whitespace, this is an open
> ?[/color]

Yes, because there could be the the cases:
- "1","2","3"
- "1", "2", "3"
- "1", "2 ","3"
- "1"," 2"," 3"

--> Use RegularExpressi ons!

Regards.

--
Oliver Hirschi

http://www.FamilyHirschi.ch