use strict;
use utf8;

# convert unicode to Decimal NCR format
sub convertUnicodeToDecimalNCR {
	my ($self, $str) = @_;
	# important
	utf8::decode($str);
	my $ret_str = "";
	while ($str =~ /(.)/g) {
		my $c = $1;
		my $b = ord($c);
		if ($b > ord('z') && $b ne 123 && $b ne 125 && $b ne 126) {
			$ret_str .= "&#".$b.";";
		} else {
			$ret_str .= $c;
		}
	}
	# $str =~ s/./"&#".ord($&).";" if /eg;
	return $ret_str;
}