trying to catch the triple '\0342', '\0200', '\0220' but cannot.

[Gary Kline]

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.


> 
> 
> 			Robert Huff
> 

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