Problem writing 0xFF to file
I am trying to write 0xFF to a file in java using PrintStream. The other values are written to the file correctly when I open it with a Hex editor, but the value that is supposed to show 0xFF got 0xC3BF instead.
The variable type used is int. After several tries I also found that the "maximum" value I can set is 0x7F, this will display correctly in the Hex editor, if I put 0x80 then the hex editor will display 0xC280.
What's wrong?
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A little research shows that the outputted values are UTF-8 encoded (following strings: Python):
In [1]: "\xc2\x80".decode("utf-8")
Out[1]: u'\x80'
In [2]: "\xc3\xbf".decode("utf-8")
Out[2]: u'\xff'
Make sure you choose the correct overload for print
/ println
/ write
to write the integer value as a byte instead of a character or string. See the PrintStream documentation for all overloads.
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