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[RedRuM]

Bit of a lame question, but here goes anyway:

How do i display a £ sign on screen in c++. The below line displays it as a ù. I've tryed it on 2 different computers and 2 different compilers and i have checked that all the regonal options are fine.

cout<<"The total wages are £"<<Wages;


Thanks for any assistance

[parksie]

Uh. Works for me. What OS / terminals did you try? Worked in GNU/Linux with GCC for me, under xvt.

[RedRuM]

I'm not a linux person, so i don't know what terminals, GNU, GCC or xvt is but these r the systems and compilers i have tryed:

I first tryed it on 2000 professional running MS VC++ 6 (profesional i think). I then tryed it on XP prof running MSVC++ 6 enterprise, and finally on a different xp professional under Dev C++ 4. All with the same error.

[parksie]

Linux - an OS kernel.
GNU - GNU's Not Unix. A free unix clone.

GNU/Linux - the GNU system with the Linux kernel. What most people know as "Linux".

GCC - GNU Compiler Collection

xvt - an X-Windows terminal program


I know it worked on Windows 2000 for me before with VC++ 7 (and all the proper British region settings, etc.).

Bizarre :-/

[jim mcnamara]

Dumb question - the font you are using ACTUALLY has the 'pound' character?

[RedRuM]

dunno, its just a console app, i dont know how to set the font, atm i think it ariel.

[twanvl]

Under Windows the fond used in console applications depends on the size of the window. You could try resizing it...

... ASCII 165 seems to be the pound sign at any size ...

[Zaei]

For Fixedsys, the character code for the pound is 0xA3, might want to try just that...

::shrug::

Z.

[Arrow_Raider]

When i run the code: cout<< "£"; i get a "u" with an accent. I don't think '£' is a dos character.

[Zaei]

Try:

cout << char(0xa3) << endl;

Z.

[RedRuM]

I tryed changing the font for the window, and there are only 2, both of which give the same result. I also tryed typing in a £ in one of the input screens and it worked (showed on screen as a £).

Try:

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cout << char(0xa3) << endl;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Z.

Tryed that too, still a ù.

Nevermind, its a smal problem, and at least i finally know what all those linux accronims mean

[CornedBee]

Actually the only thing realted to Linux is Linux itself, which is not really an acronym but a combination of Linus and Unix (Linus Torvald's Unix).