Some entities output as entities and others as chars n

Hi,

I've got some currently inefficient code that is to convert some
characters to entites for html output like so. Will move this into a
analyze string function with a lookup later, but the problem other
than speed is that some of the characters are not being replaced as
entities.

...replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(
B B B B B 
$arg,'b','’'),'b','“'),'b','”'),'B.','®'),'b"','&#
153;')
B B B B B 
,'b','—'),'B7','·'),'n :',''),'b','–'),'C)','&#233
;')
B B B B B 
,'B>','¾'),'C>','þ'),'o','o'),'b"','•'),'C"','â')
B B B B B 
,'C<','&#252;'),'C','&#220;'),'b,','&#128;'),'b ','&#134;'),'x','&#120;')
B B B B B 
,'B(','&#168;'),'B'','&#167;'),'b','&#8211;'),'C#','&#227;'),'b
','&#8212;
')
B B B B B 
,'D','&#259;'),'B)','&#169;'),'C-','&#237;'),'C(','&#232;'),'C'','&#231;')
B B B B B 
,'C!','&#225;'),'b','&#145;'),'C=','&#253;'),'b!','&#135;'),'B#','&#163;')
B B B B B 
,'b','&#8542;'),'B<','&#188;'),'B=','&#189;'),'B>','&#190;'),'B4','&#180;')
B B B B B 
,'C:','&#250;'),'C1','&#241;'),'C0','&#240;'),'C8','&#248;'),'C3','&#243;')
B B B B B  ,'C*','&#234;'),'C ','&#224;')"/>

If I copy the above into some text to use as test data one sees good
output as a pair of entities like &#146;','&#146; and undesired output
which looks bad in the html as 'n :','n :' a pair of characters with the
entity converted to a char.

select="$arg,'&#146;','&#146;'),'&#147;','&#147;'),'&#148;','&#148;'),'B.','B
.')
B B B 
,'&#153;','&#153;'),'&#151;','&#151;'),'B7','B7'),'n :','n :'),'&#150;','&#15
0;')
B B B 
,'C)','C)'),'B>','B>'),'C>','C>'),'o','o'),'&#149;','&#149;'),'C"','C"'),'C<'
,'C<'),'C','C')
B B B 
,'&#128;','&#128;'),'&#134;','&#134;'),'x','x'),'B(','B('),'B'','B''),'&#151;
','&#150;')
B B B 
,'C#','C#'),'b','&#151;'),'D','D'),'B)','B)'),'C-','C-'),'C(','C('),'C'',
'C''),'C!','C!')
B B B 
,'&#145;','&#145;'),'C=','C='),'&#135;','&#135;'),'&#146;','&#146;'),'B#','B#
')
B B B 
,'&#147;','&#147;'),'&#148;','&#148;'),'&#149;','&#149;'),'b','b'),'B<','
B<')
B B B  ,'B=','B='),'B>','B>'),'B4','B4')"

So why is this happening?

Btw if anyone can come teach some software engineering courses next
term at the university of gambia it would be welcome. I've injured my
ankle and won't be able to lecture so there is a gap that needs
filling. It's fairly easy to work remotely here on contracts as long
as you bring about 3 laptop batteries with you.

Thanks

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