Regex pattern for special character

smart_service/transactions/doctype/procedure/procedure.py

@@ -7,18 +7,29 @@ import frappe,json
 current_db_name = frappe.conf.get("db_name")
 import sys
 sys.tracebacklimit=0
+import re
 
 class Procedure(Document):
 	def validate(self):
 		if self.procedure_details:
 			for x in self.get("procedure_details"):
 				if x.content:
-					try:
-						title = x.content.encode('cp1252').decode('UTF-8')
-						x.content = title
-						frappe.msgprint(str(title))
-					except Exception as e:
-						pass
+					# try:
+					pass	
+					# title = x.content.encode('cp1252').decode('UTF-8')
+					# frappe.msgprint(str(x.as_dict())+":" +str(title))
+					res_str = re.sub("–", "—", x.content)
+					res_str = re.sub("—", "–", res_str)
+					res_str = re.sub("‘", "‘", res_str)
+					res_str = re.sub("’", "’", res_str)
+					res_str = re.sub("“", "“", res_str)
+					res_str = re.sub("”", "”", res_str)
+					
+
+					x.content = res_str
+						# frappe.msgprint(str(title))
+					# except Exception as e:
+					# 	frappe.log_error("validate encoding",frappe.get_traceback())
 				if x.content_type == "File":
 					if not x.file:
 						frappe.throw("Please choose the file in row no " + str(x.idx))