How to convert a std::string to windows-1255 bytes?

Asked May 23 '16 at 16:10

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I have a function which receives a hebrew string and send it through a serial port (boost asio) to the device:

void T::sendInfoMsg(std::string hebrewInfo)
{
   std::vector<uint8_t> msg{hebrewInfo.begin(), hebrewInfo.end()};
   serialPortProxy.sendData(msg);
}

A device doesn't display a text message correctly because it uses windows-1255 encoding. How to convert a std::string to windows-1255 bytes ?

edited May 23 '16 at 16:28

Khalil Khalaf

asked May 23 '16 at 16:10

Irbis

How is the original string encoded? – Joni May 23 '16 at 16:16
Possible duplicate of [How to handle unicode character sequences in C/C++?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3623698/how-to-handle-unicode-character-sequences-in-c-c/3623852#3623852) – πάντα ῥεῖ May 23 '16 at 16:20
I assume that the original string (hebrewInfo) is UTF-8 – Irbis May 23 '16 at 16:24
Why assume? Check. If it is, then the conversion is easy to do by hand. – n. 1.8e9-where's-my-share m. May 23 '16 at 16:56
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It will be easiest if you use one of the available character encoding libraries available, for example [iconv](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/iconv.3.html) or [ICU](http://site.icu-project.org/). – Daniel Kamil Kozar May 23 '16 at 16:59

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