I tried to print this character ’ using Console.WriteLine((char) 146); but it printed ?. When I set Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8 it printed some glitched characters, not the one I needed.
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You probably can't change the console encoding programmatically that way. The Windows console is generally useless for Unicode. – millimoose Oct 16 '13 at 13:50
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1And what do you expect to be printed? – Steve Oct 16 '13 at 13:52
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Have you considered changing your console font to one that has a glyph for that character? – Kris Vandermotten Oct 16 '13 at 13:54
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@user2886646 does my solution work for you now, as still it is not signed as answered? – Tafari Oct 16 '13 at 21:18
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Guess it works, but for some reason you are not going to mark it as answered... – Tafari Oct 17 '13 at 21:47
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The code you need is 8217.
But you also have to enable UTF8 encoding and change font, to the one which can display UTF8 characters:
Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
int value = '’';
Console.WriteLine((char)value);
Console.ReadLine();
And if your current console font doesnt support this character you may also have to change it.
How? After you launch the console right-click on the title bar -> properties -> fonts -> Lucida Console
And voila it works!
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I can get $ with (char)36 too, but still I get "?" when trying to print (char)146 – user2886646 Oct 16 '13 at 14:03
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@user2886646 use my code and change the console font it will work for value 8217. – Tafari Oct 16 '13 at 17:30
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Have you tried this?
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine((char)39);
}
At least this works for me.
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It doesn't change if I add Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8; before. – Mickey Oct 16 '13 at 16:02
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Are you sure it prints `acute accent (’)` not an `apostrophe (')`? As probably you mix them up. – Tafari Oct 16 '13 at 17:29
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