Compilation error: extended character is not valid in an identifier

[bvkrieken]

Hi,

While trying to compile the sketch I get the following compilation error:

C:\Users\bvkrieken\OneDrive - Conclusion\Documents\Arduino\projects\IRController\IRController.ino:2446: error: extended character   is not valid in an identifier
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... cut to meet max character limit ...

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C:\Users\bvkrieken\OneDrive - Conclusion\Documents\Arduino\projects\IRController\IRController.ino:2446: error: extended character   is not valid in an identifier
C:\Users\bvkrieken\OneDrive - Conclusion\Documents\Arduino\projects\IRController\IRController.ino:2446: error: extended character   is not valid in an identifier
C:\Users\bvkrieken\OneDrive - Conclusion\Documents\Arduino\projects\IRController\IRController.ino:2685:9: error: extended character ’ is not valid in an identifier
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      |         ^
exit status 1

Compilation error: extended character   is not valid in an identifier

What am I doing wrong? I have the latest IDE version and all libraries are up to date 😕

[mdhiggins]

You might need to just redownload the script, seems like perhaps you've got some invalid characters or something, did you copy and paste the code from somewhere like a word processor before pasting it into the IDE?

And what IDE? You should use PlatformIO as your IDE if you're not using that