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

[Gary Kline]

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


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> > 			Robert Huff
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