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    Trouble Getting Started C compiler is offended by "

    Hello, I am newly getting started with C on an older Mac Book Pro.

    OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
    Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.31)
    Command Line Tools
    OS X 10.11

    I am having trouble compiling a simple Hello world program.

    It says the double quote,", is not an ascii character.

    I used Text Edit, Plain Text, UNICODE (UTF-8).

    Any help would be appreciated.

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    Source code is written in vanilla ASCII, no UNICODE, no UTF-8, nothing.

    If you let the editor use UNICODE, you're likely to end up with “” rather than "".
    ASCII and Unicode quotation marks
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    Source code is written in vanilla ASCII, no UNICODE, no UTF-8, nothing.

    If you let the editor use UNICODE, you're likely to end up with “” rather than "".
    ASCII and Unicode quotation marks
    Thank you. I was assuming Plain Text would be plain enough. But, I was wrong. Once again, thank you.

    Can you recommend a text editor, I once used vi, long long ago, if that is helpful in making a recommendation.

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    All I can suggest is google "text editor mac".
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    Visual Studio Code and Atom are both great text editors, designed with programming in mind, and they're both available for mac.
    What can this strange device be?
    When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
    It's got wires that vibrate and give music
    What can this thing be that I found?

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