Re^3: Windows file read

[thedoe]

Oddly enough, when I extracted the hex information to a simple text file containing only a problem line and one line before and after it, the same code I was having a problem with worked.

I am now re-running on the much larger, original file. If I run into another problem now, though, I will know that there must be some type of extra character which, for some reason or another, is not being reported by my hex editor.

Thank you again for your help ikegami. I will update this post with the results of the larger run.

Update: Unfortunately, the source file I have is still giving me this problem. I am looking into what could be doing this. I have extracted the lines around it into a temporary file, but do not have this problem with the temp file. It seems to only happen in the main source. Thank you again for your help, as I now know where I need to look for the (hopeful) solution to my dilemma.

Update 2: Wow...after spending two days on this, I have just learned that someone modified the input file after I looked at it in hex to include a true line break in that position. Why? I have no idea. But the mystery has finally been solved. Thank you again to ikegami for pointing me back towards where I had been looking. At least now I know I'm not too crazy