NeoJSON Parsing Error involving unicode characters

[Dusty]

Hi All

I've got a string (test string) that parses fine in Pharo's NeoJSON but not VAST. I'm thinking this is more than a NeoJSON issue, but more to do with handling unicode.

Any advice?

Screenshot showing Pharo in the background and VAST in the foreground, the string and the inspected result.

[Johan Brichau]

Hi,

Could you paste the source code line here so I can more quickly test and debug it?

thanks

Johan

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[Dusty]

Apparently I can't. Google groups keeps deleting my messages

[Dusty]

My message was deleted. This is the string.

'["Test String \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 More Test String"]'

KR

Dusty

[Dusty]

Apparently my previous message was deleted.

NeoJSONReader fromString: '["Test String \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 More Test String"]'

On Wednesday, 22 April 2026 at 09:31:57 UTC+2 Johan Brichau wrote:

[Dusty]

NeoJSONReader fromString: '["Test String \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 More Test String"]'

On Wednesday, 22 April 2026 at 09:31:57 UTC+2 Johan Brichau wrote:

[Esteban A. Maringolo]

Hi Dusty,

NeoJSON and other libraries in VAST operate on codepage-dependent strings by default. When you attempt to decode a JSON string containing characters outside of the active codepage, the process fails.

To support Unicode characters, you must provide the input as a Unicode string. Please try the following:

NeoJSONReader

fromString: '["Test String \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 More Test String"]' asUnicodeString.

Best regards,

Esteban Maringolo VAST Consultant Senior Software Developer  emari...@instantiations.com  @emaringolo  /emaringolo  instantiations.com

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