in grunt.js, during uglify "jquery" and "blockui" i get error "Unexpected Character `?`"

Question

if i "min" the jquery and blockui files (with uglify.js) in grunt i get the following error

Unexcpected Character "?"

How i can fix this ? Is this a known problem?

Thx in advance.

I'm getting the same problem, but not necessarily with Jquery. I've seen this with other minification libraries when accidentally trying to re-minify code that was already minified, but that's not my issue this time... — Chris Jaynes, Jul 25 '12 at 15:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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Ah ha! I figured it out based on some previous experience.

One or more of my files was encoded in UTF-8 with a BOM, try re-saving your file in ANSI or UTF-8 without BOM.

If your editor doesn't have an obvious way to change the encoding, try using Notepad++.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Jul 25 '12 at 15:51

Chris Jaynes

Thank you so much. Was pulling hairs trying to figure this out! – jennas Nov 01 '12 at 11:57

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