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From: glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: retriving escape unicode sequences from files ...
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 23:23:01 +0000 (UTC)
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qwertmonkey@syberianoutpost.ru wrote:
> Why is it that if you save a unicode sequence in a file, say "français"
> ~ 
> \u0066\u0072\u0061\u006e\u00e7\u0061\u0069\u0073

Note the difference between \u0066 and \uu0066.

Specifically, consider the java program:

class quote {
public static void main(String args[]) {
   System.out.println(\u0022hi there\u0021\u0022);
   }
}

-- glen