Monday, November 08, 2010 at 12:05 AM.

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system.verbs.builtins.radio.string.convertTo7Bit

on convertTo7Bit (s) {
	<<Changes
		<<1/28/02; 3:51:32 PM by JS
			<<Created. Convert accented characters to their nearest 7-bit equivalent. Used primarily for creating filenames for new files, created via the browser.
	local (adrtable);
	if system.environment.isMac {
		adrtable = @radio.data.convertTo7Bit.mac}
	else {
		adrtable = @radio.data.convertTo7Bit.windows};
	local (s2 = "", ct = sizeOf (s));
	for i = 1 to ct {
		local (code = string.padWithZeros (number (s[i]), 3));
		if defined (adrtable^.[code]) {
			s2 = s2 + adrtable^.[code]}};
	return (s2)}

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