Java single char String represented by multiple bytes

Question

I have encountered a problem with String comparison. (yes I'm using .equals) I found that by converting my seemingly identical strings to charArray one has an additional index containing nothing.

Now I took my string apart using substring and getBytes()

string.substring(0,1).getBytes()

which prints [-17, -69, -65] all other substrings from this string for example:

string.substring(1,2).getBytes()

print a single array [100]

my string is a String object (sorry... while writing the code I was getting a bit lazy) — chilly
– chilly, Commented Jan 30, 2017 at 11:34

chilly · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-30 11:34:23Z

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While writing this question I found the answer and decided to share in case someone encounters a similar problem. My problem could be solved by changing the files encoding.

The file was encoded in UTF-8 (according to notepad++) and I saved it as UTF-8 without BOM which removed the special char read from the file.

answered Jan 30, 2017 at 11:34

chilly

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