Arduino-controlled robot slithers like a snake by Will Donaldson

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Hi,
I've done this snake robot according to the wonderfull Will Donaldson's instructions.
I've all finished and now it's time to program the Arduino Nano board.
I've read several persons thanking Will, meaning they've had no problem with the code.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong because when I verify the ino I have a long list of errors.
Can anyone help me please? Thanks in advance.
For example:
_1D_robotic_snake:76:74: error: stray '\302' in program

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It's telling you the problem. That is a non-printable or unicode character that snuck in when you copy and pasted the code. Try to download it instead.

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(I want to respect the forum rules, I've erased my links)

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Sorry, those links are blocked by my antivirus. It is one reason why posting links to code instead of code, is discouraged on the forum.

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Thanks aarg, I'm going to try to download differently, and I'll let you know.

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No virus in these, the first one is a text file, the second a rar file with the ino in.

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Thanks for the detail. It doesn't help me. Please read in the forum guidelines about how to post code. Also most people won't be able to deal with a rar file.

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In fact I had forgotten that on Github we need to RH-click on RAW and "Save link as"... where is my mind???
Thanks a lot aarg, all is allright now!
Best regards.

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Turn off your antivirus software and try again. Odds are good that then the stray characters disappear.

In my experience AV software causes more problems than it prevents.

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I would if there were a pressing reason. But there isn't, since the thread author can easily post according to the forum guidelines. There are a few other reasons why links are not usually useful.

But only deleting the links isn't helpful either, since we still can't see the code.

It's not difficult to read and follow the simple inline posting method, the IDE has even been equipped with a button for that purpose...

If the problem is solved, please mark the solution to close the thread.

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