Actually, I have my doubts on whether this is a bug. I suspect that the
console might actually be sending two bytes for that character. What does the
length method return?
Rick
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On Feb 12, 2011, at 3:38 PM, "Rony G. Flatscher" <rony.flatsc...@wu-wien.ac.at>
wrote:
> On MacOSX running rexxtry like:
> abt-wi-031:opt rony$ rexx rexxtry.rex
> REXX-ooRexx_4.1.0(MT) 6.03 11 Feb 2011
> /usr/bin/rexxtry.rex lets you interactively try REXX statements.
> Each string is executed when you hit Enter.
> Enter 'call tell' for a description of the features.
> Go on - try a few... Enter 'exit' to end.
> say '&'~c2x 'ß'~c2x
> 26 C39F
> ..................................... /usr/bin/rexxtry.rex on MACOSX
>
> In the above say-clause the German sharp s (ß) is used as the target of the
> "c2" message. The resulting hex-string indicates that two bytes are
> processed, although a single character is given.
>
> Question: is this an error or not?
>
> ---rony
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