From: MrZombie <mrzombie@...>
Date: 2010-06-04T21:40:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Unexpected length of £ (pound) character?

On 2010-06-04 06:19:09 -0400, Anthony Ss said:

> Hi,
> 
> Today I came across an issue with a customer custom report which was out
> by 1 char over 40 or so lines. At first thought I had incorrectly
> limited the field length, however the problem is only present where
> there is a '�' char.
> 
> Is this expected functionality in ruby? It does not seem right in my
> mind.
> 
> Thanks. :)

Do yourself a favor, friend, and read this excellent article on 
Character Encoding:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html

Then, find out if the character encoding for your file and your 
interpreter is the same. :P
-- 
Thank you for your brain.
-MrZombie