Importing Degree Symbol Into Filepro

[Kenneth Brody]

On 1/25/2017 11:37 AM, Chris Rendall via Filepro-list wrote:
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 10:28 AM
> To: Scott Walker <scottwalker1956 at gmail.com>; filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Importing Degree Symbol Into Filepro
>
> On 1/25/2017 10:32 AM, Scott Walker via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> I'm importing data from an Excel file.  The Excel data includes the
>>> degree symbol in some of the part descriptions.  Filepro does not like that.
>>> Neither does vi.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on the best way to convert the degree symbol to the text "deg".
>>>
>>> Would it be better to do this to the data outside of filepro (before I
>>> import it) or would it be better to handle inside fp.
>
>> How, exactly, is the degree symbol encoded in the CSV file?
>
> It shows up as a hex code f8 in the CSV file.

In a Windows console window (including filePro), that's how the degree 
symbol is represented.

What O/S are you on?  (And if not Windows, what terminal emulator are you 
using?  My copy of Anzio shows that character as a degree symbol.)

-- 
Kenneth Brody