How can I display Greek characters in Visual Studio 2008 and C++?

Question

How can I display Greek characters and strings, using plain C++ and VS 2008 Express?

Here is the code:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << 'Φ' << std::endl;
    std::cout << 'Ξ' << std::endl;
    std::cout << "Καλημέρα" << std::endl;

    std::cin.get();
    return 0;
}

by the way i am getting warnings like below

1>d:\02_visualstudio2008projects\displaygreek\displaygreek\displaygreek.cpp(5) : warning C4566: character represented by universal-character-name '\u03A6' cannot be represented in the current code page (1252)

I believe [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12015571/how-to-print-unicode-character-in-c) answers your question. — phantom, Oct 31 '14 at 20:33
i am sorry, but i dont get it. I was thinking that i could use the greek keybord to input characters and strings and not to input something like U+03A6 instead of 'Φ'. — DimZon, Oct 31 '14 at 20:46
@DimZon You can if you have the correct encoding on your source file. — phantom, Oct 31 '14 at 20:47
ok, i have try the following 5 encodings without success. Greek(DOS) 737, Greek (ISO) 28597, Greek(Mac)10006, Greek(Windows) 10006 and Greek(Moden) 869. So, what will be the appropriate encoding? — DimZon, Oct 31 '14 at 21:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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There are two ways you can approach this.

Method #1: Embedded unicode

This is useful for those who have a keyboard that allows direct input of unicode characters. You can define a variable like this:

char a = 'ф';

All this requires is that the encoding of your source file is set to UTF-8.

Method #2: Universal Character Names (UCNs)

With this method, you use coded form \u# where the # is the UCN.

char a = '\u0444';

A good place to find the UCN values is here.

_{Some code samples taken from here.}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – Seitaridis Oct 31 '14 at 21:02
@Seitaridis My apologies. I'm paranoid about plagiarism. I'll edit my answer. – phantom Oct 31 '14 at 21:04
And i guess, strings will be treated as char arrays, is that so? By the way, there are 3 UTF-8 codepages available, all of them produce the same uglly outputs as before with Greek codepages. – DimZon Oct 31 '14 at 21:35
@DimZon It's possible that could be due to your console's font not supporting unicode...not necessarily a coding error. – phantom Oct 31 '14 at 21:36
How can i check this out? – DimZon Oct 31 '14 at 21:39
@DimZon I'm not sure...it's not really within the scope of this question or SO. – phantom Oct 31 '14 at 21:40
@DimZon Your original question was answered already. – phantom Oct 31 '14 at 21:40
Thank you for your "clean" answer. I will accept it and try some more investigation about the console – DimZon Oct 31 '14 at 21:42

How can I display Greek characters in Visual Studio 2008 and C++?

1 Answers1

Method #1: Embedded unicode

Method #2: Universal Character Names (UCNs)