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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Possible bug in reading zero width no-break space character","articleBody":"### Environment\r\n\r\n-   Pythonnet version: 3.0.3\r\n-   Python version: 3.10\r\n-   Operating System: Windows 11\r\n-   .NET Runtime: 8.0.4\r\n\r\n### Details\r\n\r\n-   Describe what you were trying to get done.\r\n\r\nI want to read a file that may contain zero width no-break space characters anywhere in the file. If I read a file using C# into Python using Python.NET, these characters get dropped if they are at the start of a line.\r\n\r\n-   What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a\r\n    [Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve)\r\n    this will help us understand the issue.\r\n\r\n```python\r\nfrom pythonnet import load\r\nload(\"coreclr\")\r\nimport clr\r\nclr.AddReference('System')\r\nclr.AddReference('System.Runtime')\r\nclr.AddReference('System.IO')\r\n\r\nimport System\r\nfile_path = r\"path\\to\\zwnbsp_test_data.txt\"\r\n\r\nresult = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(file_path)\r\nprint(str(result[1][0]))\r\n```\r\n\r\nNative C# code does not seem to have this problem:\r\n```\r\nC#\r\nString[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(@\"path\\to\\zwnbsp_test_data.txt\");\r\n\r\nint firstChar = char.ConvertToUtf32(lines[1], 0);\r\nint secondChar = char.ConvertToUtf32(lines[1], 1);\r\nConsole.WriteLine(firstChar);\r\nConsole.WriteLine(secondChar);\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n[zwnbsp_test_data.txt](https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/files/15194162/zwnbsp_test_data.txt)\r\n\r\nSome screenshots to help illustrate: \r\n![image](https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/assets/31862438/c98a81eb-32cc-4e2f-84f9-737b042613bb)\r\n![image](https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/assets/31862438/ee3f73cc-3500-4d19-996a-4f3d9377d6f8)\r\n\r\n-   If there was a crash, please include the traceback here.\r\nNo crash\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/AviParikh","@type":"Person","name":"AviParikh"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T21:19:40.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/2369/pythonnet/issues/2369"}