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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