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CliveC

CliveC

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Can anyone figure out why this does not 'seem' to work correctly and what might be done to achieve the desired result?

Code: 
<script>
var1=unescape('&#141;')
var2=unescape('&#142;')
var3=unescape('&#143;')
document.writeln("var1="+var1+"<br />")
document.writeln("var2="+var2+"<br />")
document.writeln("var3="+var3+"<br />")

if (var1==var3) {
 document.write('var1=var3? - TRUE <br />')
}else{
 document.write('var1=var3? - FALSE <br />')
}

if (var1==var2){
 document.write('var1=var2? - FALSE <br />')
}else{
 document.write('var1=var2? - TRUE <br />')
}
</script>

Clive
 
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Look at the order you put the true/false statements in for each example.

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The results you got are accurate since var1 does not equal var2 or var3. Since you didn't specify WHAT you thought the problem was, I noticed the FALSE/TRUE statements in the comparisons were in different orders. Why were you expecting the comparison to come up with opposite results?

Lee
 
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Depends on which character set you have your display set to. I got 3 different characters when I copied and pasted your code into a text editor and then ran it. I have IE set for Unicode (UTF-8). You can't test the output of non-ANSI Unicode characters if you don't have your browser set to display them correctly. The answers from your script show that none of the characters are equal to any of the others, even though you have the TRUE/FALSE statements mixed up in your code.

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When you see the little square box as a character, that means that the encoding and character set you're using don't have a character written to display for that number code. Just because there are 2 (or more) little square boxes doesn't mean that they're the same character. It just means that whoever designed the font didn't include printable characters for those numbers.

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