Can you optimize this replace code?

String.prototype.replace = function() {
str = this
str=str.split("Š").join("Å*");
str=str.split("š").join("Å¡");
str=str.split("œ").join("Å“");
str=str.split("ž").join("ž");
str=str.split("Ÿ").join("Ÿ");
str=str.split("¢").join("¢");
str=str.split("¥").join("Â¥");
str=str.split("À").join("À");
str=str.split("Á").join("Ã�");
str=str.split("Â").join("Â");
str=str.split("Ã").join("Ã");
str=str.split("Ä").join("Ä");
[about 200 more characters ... ]
return str;
}
Don't ask me how we landed on this crappy solution ... :cow:
If you have an idea on how to optimize the code at you will make a lot of poor processors very happy ;)

Regards
POD

Wow. Just to get a better idea of what you are after, what are you using this for?

I think one can loop through all the unicode (i.e. \u0036) characters and replace them somehow, but I don't have my beloved book with all the codes in it. Are these unicode chars? Or am I confused...:confused:

well ...

The string is pulled from a database via ASP.
The text-format in the DB cannot be send in an unchanged format to flash because the special characters are misread.

I replace the special characters in ASP and reconvert them in flash.

If i set the ASP codepage to 65001 the problem is solved. However this messes the rest of the site up because of the CMS in which the application runs.

With the flash 7 player the problem is solved. But the client thinks it is to early for flash 7 - and so do I.

The optimal solution would be if the charset could be converted in ASP without setting a codepage.

Any thoughts are appreciated - it is this kind of problem that makes you wish you made a living sweaping floors .... NAAAAAHHH

Regards pod

Well, what problems are in 7 that you are afraid of? I know you said the site would be messed up, but I think it would be better to change a few things (i think...er...hope) rather than type 220 lines of code that can be done easier with 7.