The Magician's String, what you see is not what you get.

Nicolas Dorier

static void Main(string[] args)
{
String str1 = "http://toto.com/";
String str2 = "http://toto.com‏/";
bool eq = str1 == str2;
Console.WriteLine(eq); //print false

str1 = "http://toto.com/";
str2 = "http://toto.com/";
eq = str1 == str2;
Console.WriteLine(eq); //print true

}

See for yourself, but copy the code, do not retype it. :) I lost hair on this one, bug on an actual project for one customer. But it is a nice trick to do to one of your collegue if his computer is unlocked... Also works in configuration files. ;) This is pure evil though.

Johnny J

No cross posting... ;P

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Argonia

Ah the beauties of c# That's why I use String.Equals or Compare.

Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

Agent__007

Not really, it's a trap![^] :)

Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!

Argonia

Ah, Yes thank you I missed that thread in the WW.

Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

Lost User

Ah, a \u200F (right to left mark). Sneaky sneaky. I've also met the "record separator" (invisible ascii character) before, didn't do that much damage but caused some headaches..

Nicolas Dorier

Sorry, I got too excited by my discovery, I think it is the biggest WTF invented since iphone.

Nicolas Dorier

would you know how to write it with keyboard ? I have no idea how my customer wrote the character, and he neither. I can only duplicate the problem by copy pasting.

Lost User

There's an Alt code, but it's one of the weird ones that start with a + and that usually don't work (IIRC there's some obscure setting to enable it). They probably copied it from somewhere.

Fueled By Decaff

What, you mean you are not using the font Terminal for your C# code editing? ;-)

Nicolas Dorier

ahah it's not that :) Hint : The magic is language agnostic, it follows you wherever you copy it.

Nicolas Dorier

I learned the hard way why the font was useful ahah

Karen Mitchelle

IIRC, it's Alt + 288 ..

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Nicolas Dorier

if I do in in notepad or whatever, it prints as a space :(