# Text Find / Replace - Find Norwegian character

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-replace-find-norwegian-character/2914
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [October 15, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-replace-find-norwegian-character/2914 "2007-10-15T01:49:12Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-replace-find-norwegian-character/2914/1 "2007-10-15T01:49:12Z")

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FinalBuilder version: 5.5.0.366

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I'm trying to use the Text Find / Replace action to find and replace a Norwegian character (ø), but there are no matches.  
If I search for "a" instead, I get lots of hits - so the action is working, it just doesn't like Norwegian characters.

Any idea on how to find a non-standard character in a text file?

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-replace-find-norwegian-character/2914/2 "2007-10-16T03:11:22Z")

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Hi Bjorn,   
  
 What format is the text file in?   
  
 Regards,   
  
 Angus

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### Author: ![stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-replace-find-norwegian-character/2914/3 "2007-10-16T05:06:41Z")

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Yeah, I’ve had an issue like that, where it was a DOS text file - you have to search for that exact character, regardless of how it appears in Windows. If you know the ascii code for it, you can use a regular expression, like \xE9 for ascii code 233 for instance.   
  
 Steve