(PowerShell) Unicode Escape

Convert a string to Unicode escaped values.

Note: The Unicode escape functionality was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.90.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder

$str = "bôn"
$charset = "not_used"

# Unicode escape all chars using \uHHHH
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-all",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is \u0062\u00f4\u006e

# Unicode escape only 8bit chars using \uHHHH
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is b\u00f4n

# To use uppercase hex chars (A-F), add "-upper" to the encoding name
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-upper",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is \u0062\u00F4\u006E

# Unicode escape all chars using \u{HHHH}
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-curly-upper",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is \u{0062}\u{00F4}\u{006E}

# Unicode escape 8bit chars using HTML hex &#xH;
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit-html-hex",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is bôn

# Unicode escape all chars using HTML decimal &#D;
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-html-dec",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is bôn

# Unicode escape all chars using u+HHHH
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-all-plus",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is u+0062u+00f4u+006e

# Unicode escape 8bit chars using angled brackets <HHHH>
$success = $sb.SetString($str)
$sb.Encode("unicode-escape-8bit-angle-upper",$charset)
$($sb.GetAsString())
# Output is b<00F4>n