Productivity Killer of the Day
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I recently took a morning debugging an application that for some reason didn't work. After hours I found a non printable character in an encrypted password in the web.config X| It's nothing short of a miracle that I found it at all :laugh:
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For some reason solving those types of issues give me the greatest satisfaction. I dunno why.
cheers Chris Maunder
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If you're using Visual Studio, Mads Kristensen has you covered. :) Trailing Whitespace Visualizer - Visual Studio Marketplace[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Nice!
cheers Chris Maunder
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Sander Rossel wrote:
After hours I found a non printable character
Non-printable occasionally end up in my php files from (I don't know where) - and when I try to start a session it gets rather cross with me. Three unprintable characters to start the file. Once I discovered the problem I only have the annoyance of opening it in HexEdit, replacing the characters with printable ones, saving, and then deleting them on the other side. Still, at least I know the cure, if not the cause.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
Three unprintable characters to start the file.
Let me guess - are they: 0xEF, 0xBB, and 0xBF? If so, that would be the UTF8 Byte Order Mark: Byte order mark - Wikipedia[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
My editor trims trailing whitespace. Trailing whitespace is about the only kind I don't like. :D
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
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For some reason solving those types of issues give me the greatest satisfaction. I dunno why.
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
For some reason solving those types of issues give me the greatest satisfaction. I dunno why.
Cause they come with a free soy, decaf, almond milk latte?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Chris Maunder wrote:
For some reason solving those types of issues give me the greatest satisfaction. I dunno why.
Cause they come with a free soy, decaf, almond milk latte?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
One can dream...
cheers Chris Maunder
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
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Of course! Why didn't I think of that. It should probably be a VS extension, and should work with all current and future versions in all cultures. This could take weeks of procrastination productive time saving work.
cheers Chris Maunder
I think you are joking. :) There is a SED one-liner for finding any file recursively from a parent folder and printing any file that contains lines that end with a white space. You can also do it with PowerShell. I don't remember how to do either one of them off the top of my head. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
Maybe paste the code into a text-editor that allows you to search using regular expressions (i.e., Notepad++) and search using "^.+\s$"?
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Solution - toss Style Cop where it belongs.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Absolutely! This is well past where that tool has stopped being "productive" or helpful. :thumbsup:
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Chris Maunder wrote:
For some reason solving those types of issues give me the greatest satisfaction. I dunno why.
Cause they come with a free soy, decaf, almond milk latte?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote:
Cause they come with a free soy, decaf, almond milk latte?
:laugh:
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
For me, it's having CP ask me how I want to paste whenever I paste -- and then assuming the wrong default, which adds insult to injury. X|
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One can dream...
cheers Chris Maunder
That type of dream is normally referred to as a nightmare.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
For some reason solving those types of issues give me the greatest satisfaction. I dunno why.
Cause they come with a free soy, decaf, almond milk latte?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote:
soy, decaf, almond milk latte
:wtf: I wouldn't give (or even sell) one of those to my worst enemy! Coffee should be black as sin, hotter than Hell, and sweeter than love.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote:
soy, decaf, almond milk latte
:wtf: I wouldn't give (or even sell) one of those to my worst enemy! Coffee should be black as sin, hotter than Hell, and sweeter than love.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
:WTF: I wouldn't give (or even sell) one of those to my worst enemy!
That is a Maunder special.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
Coffee should be black as sin, hotter than Hell, and sweeter than love.
I have 4+ shots of espresso and then froth like a big machiato, no sugar, it ain't needed.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Maybe paste the code into a text-editor that allows you to search using regular expressions (i.e., Notepad++) and search using "^.+\s$"?
You can do regex searches in Visual Studio.
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Looking for the line of code that has a tiny squiggle at the end because StyleCop analysers found a trailing whitespace and your code won't compile until you fix it. It's like a 12hr game of Where's Wally (or Where's Waldo for the North Americans)
cheers Chris Maunder
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
Three unprintable characters to start the file.
Let me guess - are they: 0xEF, 0xBB, and 0xBF? If so, that would be the UTF8 Byte Order Mark: Byte order mark - Wikipedia[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
I literally went over all of my failing files and cleaned it up. Seems about right. What I need to do, then, is find which editor/tool is adding that. Since I've some templates to get most new pages started, I just checked and found it in my primary editor. Somehow, it reminds me of the stoned virus in reverse. As long as I keep using templates. Same for various library-ish files. Only when something rather new is created does it show. Thanks and Kudos! * Templates to save me some work and keep users comfortable with something similar to what they've seen before.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
