Question

Im reading a CSV file that was created from MS Excel. When I open it up in notepad it looks ok, but in Notepad++ I change the Encoding from ANSI to UTF8 and a few non printed characters turn up.

Specifically xFF. -(HEX Value)

In my C# app this character is causing an issue when reading the file so is there a way I can do a String.replace('xFF', ' '); on this?

Update

I found this link on SO, as it turns out it is the answer to my question but not my problem.
Link

Answer 1

Instead of String.Replace, Specify encoding while reading the file.

Example

File.ReadAllText("test.csv",System.Text.UTF8Encoding)