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Properly escapes the query string, according to http://code.google.com/apis/searchappliance/documentation/46/xml_reference.html#appendix_url_escaping

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  1. /// <summary>
  2. 		/// Class to launch Google Search in default browser.
  3. 		/// </summary>
  4. 		public static class Google {
  5. 			/// <summary>
  6. 			/// Launches Google Search in default browser, and escapes string according to: http://code.google.com/apis/searchappliance/documentation/46/xml_reference.html#appendix_url_escaping
  7. 			/// </summary>
  8. 			/// <param name="searchQuery">The search query.</param>
  9. 			public static void SearchGoogle(string searchQuery) {
  10. 				string fixedSearchQuery = null;
  11.  
  12. 				foreach (char character in searchQuery) {
  13. 					if (Char.IsLetterOrDigit(character)) {
  14. 						fixedSearchQuery += character;
  15. 					} else if (character == Char.Parse(" ")) {
  16. 						fixedSearchQuery += "+";
  17. 					} else {
  18. 						fixedSearchQuery += Uri.HexEscape(character);
  19. 					}
  20. 				}
  21.  
  22. 				string url = @"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=" + fixedSearchQuery;
  23.  
  24. 				try {
  25. 					Process.Start(url);
  26. 				} catch { }
  27. 			}
  28. 		}

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