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powder366
powder366

Reputation: 4421

Unexpected token: Error:(40, 61) error: illegal character: \8232 in Android Studio

When I copy paste code into Android Studio sometimes (from WEB or other external source) I get some unvisible characters and I can't compile. Is there a way to avoid this? Reformat code automatically? Plugin? Change settings?

Error:(40, 61) error: illegal character: \8232

So far I delete the code any type it in by hand again.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 4991

Answers (4)

Droid Teahouse
Droid Teahouse

Reputation: 1013

@Rock Lee

After you open 

SystemPreferences>Keyboard>InputSources
  • click the '+' icon, then in the Search box at the bottom enter "Unicode"

or

  • scroll all the way to the bottom of the language list to "Others", where it is listed as well.

Upvotes: 0

Rock Lee
Rock Lee

Reputation: 9566

I used this site (https://r12a.github.io/apps/conversion/), copied and pasted my code surrounding where the invisible error was, and pasted it into the top box right under the button "Convert."

Then I copied and pasted the result code that was automatically generated in the box under the title "Unicode U+hex notation", and noticed it had something like this:

//Remove the last 2 characters (The last ", ").
U+2028title.substring(0, title.length() - 2);
return title;

I just deleted the U+2028 and pasted that code back into Android Studio, and it compiled.

Upvotes: 0

Maxim Volgin
Maxim Volgin

Reputation: 4077

\8232 is decimal for U+2028

on a Mac, it usually gets into IntelliJ/AndroidStudio when text is copied and pasted from Notes

in System Preferences, open Keyboard/Input Sources and add Unicode Hex Input

in IntelliJ/AndroidStudio, open Edit/Find/Replace and type 2028 while holding Option key, then click Replace all

Upvotes: 1

sschrass
sschrass

Reputation: 7156

I believe your file encoding is windows-1252 (bottom right corner in AS)? Here is a Blog about file encoding. I also use UTF-8 for everything. Blog about file encodings in IntelliJ

Since AS is IntelliJ-based, this also applies to AS.

Upvotes: 1

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