Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:37:08 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: trying to catch the triple '\0342', '\0200', '\0220' but cannot. Message-ID: <20081123003708.GA63125@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20081123000232.GA62032@thought.org> References: <20081122231556.GA60364@thought.org> <18728.37850.357625.984982@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081123000232.GA62032@thought.org>
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 04:02:32PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 06:20:58PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > > > Gary Kline writes: > > > > > can somebody help me catch the OOo "'" (aposhtrophe)? It's a triplet > > > of the hex chars, xe2, x80, x90, which should be seeable by getchar() > > > [[or *not*?]]. The octal are 0342, 0200, and 0220. > > > > > > The first is, is a-circumflex. Why doesn't > > > > > > if ((ch1 = getchar()) == '\0342') or, more simply, > > > if ((ch1 = getchar()) == '\342') > > > catch the first? Is getchar limited to only 7 bytes?? > > > > Perhaps you want getwc()? > > > Are all these really 16-bit characters? I'll try getwc, tx. well, the getwchar()/getwc(stdin) code following fails: I get the 1st ch and it is echoed correctly with printf, but if ( ch == '\0342') doesn't catch the bytes I'm looking for? Ideas? gary > > > > > > > > Robert Huff > > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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