[DGD]Translating characters

[E. Harte]

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Frantisek Fuka wrote:

> What is the fastest way to translate characters in DGD? I have long
> strings and I want to replace all specific characters (about 30) with
> different characters. For example if I have translation table
> ("iegs","1365"), I want "this is great test" to be translated as "th15
> 15 6r3at t35t".

I think the most straightforward one is the easiest:

[ Disclaimer: Untested code. ]

  string
  translate(string str)
  {
      int     i, sz;
      mapping m;

      m = ([ 'i': '1',
             'e': '3',
             'g': '6',
             's': '5' ]);
      for (i = 0, sz = strlen(str); i < sz; i++) {
          if (m[str[i]]) {
              str[i] = m[str[i]];
          }
      }
      return str;
  }

Hope that helps,

Erwin.
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