Certain strings can cause undesired output

Question

Certain strings can cause undesired output

HigherFive opened this issue 9 years ago · 5 comments

For example, ',1 cheeky hack'.irc.blue() would return '\u000312,1 cheeky hack\u0003'.

I couldn't find a standard solution to this on the web, but using the zero width space character \u200b seems to do the trick.

Answer 1 · 2015-06-01T20:44:39.000Z

Using it before the string?

Answer 2 · 2015-06-01T20:50:13.000Z

Yes, as in returning something like '\u000312\u200b,1 cheeky hack\u0003' when no bg color is specified.

Answer 3 · 2015-06-03T09:03:50.000Z

Thanks for readily implementing this, but I was half-hoping for you to slap me and tell me of "the proper solution" to this. Adding a "non-standard" character like this doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

After considering it further, I think that any sanitizing of the input is better left up to the user.

Answer 4 · 2015-06-03T17:49:32.000Z

I seem to be easy to convince

other solution would be to add a transparent bg color, I didn't look into it though.

Answer 5 · 2017-03-25T22:12:32.000Z

What was the "undesired output" in this scenario? ',1 cheeky hack'.irc.blue() should return '\u000312,1 cheeky hack\u0003', shouldn't it?