This Bug Didn't Stump Me For Two Weeks I Swear

String comparison unicode Character encoding Md5 hash Equality operators Ascii semicolon Hidden characters Programming nightmare

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This Bug Didn't Stump Me For Two Weeks I Swear

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The epic saga of string comparison in programming languages! First, our protagonist thinks ";" equals ";" (seems logical). Then he insists ";" is not equal to ";" (wait, what?). The plot thickens when he discovers that while the strings look identical, their MD5 hashes match - revealing they're actually the same data! Finally, the revelation: ";" isn't equal to ";" because one is actually character code 59 in disguise! That invisible Unicode trickster or non-printable character just wasted 80 hours of your life. The compiler knew all along but chose violence.

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