Strange unicode characters when reading in file in node.js app

Question

I am attempting to write a node app that reads in a set of files, splits them into lines, and puts the lines into an array. Pretty simple. It works on quite a few files exce

Answer 1

Is this perhaps the BOM (Byte-Order-Mark)? Make sure you save your files without the BOM or include code to strip the BOM.

The BOM is usually invisible in text editors.

I know Notepad++ has a feature where you can easily strip a BOM from a file. Encoding > Encode in UTF-8 without BOM.