Re: Special Characters in C++

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Re: Special Characters in C++

May 18th, 2006

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So I try "\-126" and get a compile error. Any other ideas?

"\-126" isn't a char, the double quotes translate that you are attempting to use a string literal, which isn't what you want. There should be no need for the backslash either, since you're not using an escape character.

Just to re-iterate, this is not a C++ issue, this is an implementation-specific font issue. The windows 2000 cmd.exe console uses the "Terminal" font, hence why I got a value of -126 (or 0x82) for the 'é' character. if your implementation uses a different font, there's a strong possibility that the number -126 is not what you need (The code in my earlier post is indifferent to the font)

rambling aside - here is how you might print the é character, if your output uses the Terminal font.

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#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    char c = -126;
         // you could also use 0x82 instead of -126
    std::cout << c;
}

or..

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#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << static_cast<char> (-126);
}

You may also be able to change your IDE to use the same font as your console window, although I haven't tested that idea.

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