Title: weird characters in code Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # weird characters in code * Resolved [twoalone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twoalone/) * (@twoalone) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-characters-in-code/) * can anyone tell me what the a and E letters are caused by- * `most recent post åÈ','') ?>` Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-characters-in-code/#post-244900) * They can be caused by corruption if you copy/pasted your code from a bad source or from Microsoft Word. * If you are editing your code in Microsoft Word, or any other word processor, stop now. Your code must be edited in a plain text editor, and word processors are not plain text editors. You can find a list of plain text editors here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Text_editor](http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Text_editor) * Thread Starter [twoalone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twoalone/) * (@twoalone) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-characters-in-code/#post-244906) * actually it was a easy print types file. not sure where those came into play from. removed them and everything seems to be in order. * thanks for your help. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘weird characters in code’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [twoalone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twoalone/) * Last activity: [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-characters-in-code/#post-244906) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics