cout << "Hello my name is \x4d\x65" << endl;

// ISO/IEC 10646:2003(E) is available for free download from http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c039921_ISO_IEC_10646_2003(E).zip
// unicode 5.0 has the same character repertoire as 
// ISO/IEC 10646:2003 with Amendments 1 and 2 applied.
// in g++ and microsoft c++, wchar_t is unicode 5.0. using either,
 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std ;
 
int main()
{
  wstring name ;
  wcout << L"name: " ;
  getline( wcin, name ) ;
  wcout << L"name is: (hex) " << showbase << hex ;
  for( size_t i=0 ; i<name.size() ; ++i ) wcout << int(name[i]) << L' ' ;
  wcout << L" (oct) " << showbase << oct ;
  for( size_t i=0 ; i<name.size() ; ++i ) wcout << int(name[i]) << L' ' ;
  wcout << L" (" << name << L")\n" ;
}