[Solved] Why does entering “Î” to a Scanner result in the wrong character?

Question

The value 65533 is 0xFFFD. This is the Unicode “Replacement Character” which is used in place of a character that is unrepresentable. It is normally displayed as “�”. The reason you are getting this could be because your standard input (keyboard?) is not capable of producing the character “Î”. Try putting this character into a text file instead, and then redirect the text file into standard input. (Make sure the text file does not start with a Byte Order Mark, which is what happens if you use Windows Notepad.)

Accepted Answer

The value 65533 is 0xFFFD. This is the Unicode “Replacement Character” which is used in place of a character that is unrepresentable. It is normally displayed as “�”. The reason you are getting this could be because your standard input (keyboard?) is not capable of producing the character “Î”. Try putting this character into a text file instead, and then redirect the text file into standard input. (Make sure the text file does not start with a Byte Order Mark, which is what happens if you use Windows Notepad.)