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az.
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Aaron Ardiri 
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University-College i G�vle     mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Dear Mr. Aaron,
>       I just a rookie in the field of palm developer. I read your mail and wonder
> where I can find PalmOS source code. Please inform me if you know.
> 
> Regard,
> Kittichai J.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Ardiri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 7:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: StrCompare() - bug?
> 
> 
> hi!
> 
>   i was playing aroung with the StrCompare() function the other
>   day and i noticed something *strange* about its behavior :>
> 
>     Int result = StrCompare("Language", "L�nguage");
> 
>   notice that the second word is "L�nguage" (not a real word,
>   but good enough for comparision) :>> which contains an accented
>   character "�".
> 
>   when executing.. the result is NEGATIVE, when in fact it should
>   be POSITIVE! :> i looked at the OS 3.0 source code and noticed
>   that it is fine, however - i had to rewrite the function to
>   compare the "unsigned char" value of the character being used
>   in the string.
> 
>   "�" has an ASCII value greater than 127, and hence has a -ve value
>   when being compared within these types of routines. everything of
>   course works fine for normal ASCII characters (non accented)
> 
>   has this been fixed in later versions of the OS?
> 
> az.
> --
> Aaron Ardiri
> Java Certified Programmer      http://www.hig.se/~ardiri/
> University-College i G�vle     mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> SE 801 76 G�vle SWEDEN
> Tel: +46 26 64 87 38           Fax: +46 26 64 87 88
> Mob: +46 70 656 1143           A/H: +46 26 10 16 11
> 
> 
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