It's the unicode character used to replace an incoming character that the reading system has no idea how to handle.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Troy Jones <t...@dynapp.com> wrote: > I see this character sneak into code when I open something in Eclipse > that was originally edited using some other editor or the file was > originally created on a Mac. > > > > [image: da_logo_70x263]* > ** > ___________________________________________________________________________________________ > ** > * > *Troy Jones* | Director of Technical Services | Dynapp Inc | > 1-800-830-5192 ext. 603 | dynapp.com <http://www.dynapp.com/> | > facebook.com/dynapp <http://www.facebook.com/dynapp> > > > > *From:* ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] *On Behalf Of *Jason > Vanhoy > *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:52 AM > *To:* discussion@acfug.org > *Subject:* [ACFUG Discuss] Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Re: > [ACFUG Discuss] WT Heck is this character? � > > > > It's this: > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/fffd/index.htm > > Hex value is FFFD > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Derrick Peavy <derr...@derrickpeavy.com> > wrote: > > Yes and yes. > > > > But let me refine the question - WHAT IS THE CHARACTER??? I cannot find a > way to trap it and I don't know the ASCII or other chr() > > > > * > _____________________* > > *Derrick Peavy* > > derr...@derrickpeavy.com > > 404-786-5036 > > > > *“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” -Steve Jobs* > > *_____________________* > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Dean H. Saxe wrote: > > > > "trap"? > > > > Do you mean prevent it from getting in your app? Use a whitelist. > > > > -dhs > > > -- > > Dean H. Saxe > > "A true conservationist is a person who knows that the world is not given > by his fathers, but borrowed from his children." -- John James Audubon > > > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2009, at 7:09 PM, Derrick Peavy wrote: > > > > Can you see this character? > > > > It's a diamond with a question mark > > > � > > > > How in the hell does one trap that? > > * > _____________________* > > *Derrick Peavy* > > derr...@derrickpeavy.com > > 404-786-5036 > > > > *“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” -Steve Jobs* > > *_____________________* > > > > > > > > > > >
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