(Visual FoxPro) Decode Literal String

Decode a literal string. See Avoid Non-usascii Literal Strings in Source Code

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LOCAL s
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL loGlob
LOCAL s

* It's best not to use non-usascii literal strings in source code.
* Instead, use a binary encoded representation of the string.

* This is the string "44ης Οδός, αρ.2" encoded as quoted-printable.
* Use Chilkat's online tool to prepare encoded strings: Online Binary Encoder
* Note: For strings that have very few us-ascii chars, it's better to use base64 encoding instead of quoted-printable.
s = "44=CE=B7=CF=82 =CE=9F=CE=B4=CF=8C=CF=82, =CE=B1=CF=81.2"
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSb = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSb.AppendEncoded(s,"quoted-printable")

* For programming languages where strings are exposed bytes, you can tell Chilkat globally
* to give you the utf-8 byte representation.
* For programming languages where strings are opaque objects, such as C#, it doesn't matter.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Global')
loGlob = CreateObject('Chilkat.Global')
loGlob.DefaultUtf8 = 1

s = loSb.GetAsString()

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loGlob