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Combined both answers. Give rep to David, as he needs it.

Chris Cudmore
– Chris Cudmore

2009-12-16 20:17:19 +00:00
Commented Dec 16, 2009 at 20:17
Thanks Chris! I didn't even know you could combine answers. Very cool.

David
– David

2009-12-16 20:23:06 +00:00
Commented Dec 16, 2009 at 20:23
This answer may technically correct if you take Priyanks question verbatim, but I don't think he really wants to replace the characters "ï¿½"...

oefe
– oefe

2009-12-16 20:46:33 +00:00
Commented Dec 16, 2009 at 20:46
I wasn't asking on how to escape backslash, I wanted to replace the Unicode sequence.

Priyank Bolia
– Priyank Bolia

2009-12-17 03:53:37 +00:00
Commented Dec 17, 2009 at 3:53

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like so
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