unable to print euro symbol in a "C" program

Question

I am unable to print the euro symbol. The program I am using is below.

I have set the character set to codepage 1250 which has 0x80 standing for the euro symbol.

Program
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <locale.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Current locale is: %s\n", setlocale (LC_ALL, ".1250"));
    printf("Euro character: %c\n", 0x80);
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Output
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Current locale is: English_India.1250
Euro character: ?

Other details
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OS: Windows Vista
Compiler: vc++ 2008 express edition

SLA80 · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-28T13:23:21.437

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Read this: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/eurodos.html

There are sections, which could help you a lot:

Display the euro-symbol in full-screen DOS and command consoles in Windows NT, 2000, or XP
Display the euro symbol in DOS and command console windows in Windows 2000 and XP (built-in support for TrueType fonts)
Display the euro in DOS and command consoles in Windows 2000 and XP (bitmap and TrueType fonts)

edited Dec 28 '09 at 13:23

answered Dec 28 '09 at 13:09

SLA80

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This is the correct answer, the console font has to be changed. In addition, you must call SetConsoleCP() to switch the console code page, setlocale() does not do this. – Hans Passant Dec 28 '09 at 14:25
Thanks. You have to set the console's input and output code page. i.e SetConsoleCP(), SetOutputConsoleCP(). Refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683169%28VS.85%29.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686013%28VS.85%29.aspx – Abhijith Madhav Dec 28 '09 at 15:06

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '09 at 13:10

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the 0x80 char is falsely stated as the euro sign, it is the Padding Char. See here: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=28263

If I remember correctly it must something around 0x120, try printing in a for loop from 120 to 130

answered Dec 28 '09 at 13:10

Jürgen Steinblock

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The 0x80 code for the euro sign is correct in windows 1250 and windows 1252 code pages. – Abhijith Madhav Dec 28 '09 at 15:12

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 29 '12 at 11:39

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
 printf("\u20AC");
return 0;
}

I used GCC compiler and this works fine. The output is: €

This only work with C++ and C99

edited Nov 29 '12 at 11:39

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answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:20

Michel Gokan Khan

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I wanted to print '€' using a non-unicode character set. The issue was with the windows console as pointed out by SLA80 above. Thanks anyway. – Abhijith Madhav Dec 28 '09 at 15:09

unable to print euro symbol in a "C" program

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