RE: [xml-dev] UTF-8 encoding problem for euro symbol

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]



I believe that x80 is the code representing the Euro symbol in Microsoft code page 1252. So although you say you are using UTF-8 encoding, it seems you are actually using CP1252.

 

Either change the C++ program to use the correct Unicode codepoint for the Euro symbol, or tell the XML parser (by means of an XML declaration) that you are using CP1252.

 

Regards,

Michael Kay
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From: Trehan.Pankaj [mailto:Pankaj.Trehan@IGT.com]
Sent: 23 August 2009 02:38
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: [xml-dev] UTF-8 encoding problem for euro symbol

Hi All,

 

We are facing problem encoding euro (€) symbol in XML body.

We are using UTF-8 encoding and not sure what might be wrong.

 

Here is the flow of our program:

 

1)      C++ string is getting formatted with different currency symbols.

2)      Above string is getting passed to XML parser.

During XML encoding we are getting the error.

 

I see hex value of “0x80” in the string for the euro symbol instead of “0xC2 80”.  Is this the problem? What can we do to correct it?

 

I will really appreciate if someone can help us in this or give us pointers.

 

We are seeing this problem on XP.

 

Regards

Pankaj Trehan
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