wide character literal string in C++

Question

Can someone explain to me what is wide character string and how to use them with examples. For example:

std::cout<<L"\115";

Why do I get 0x100000f90 as output instead of M when I just use

std::cout<<"\115";

see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11107608/whats-wrong-with-c-wchar-t-and-wstrings-what-are-some-alternatives-to-wide — NathanOliver, May 20 '15 at 15:22
wchar should be sent to wcout. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2493785/how-i-can-print-the-wchar-t-values-to-console — timato, May 20 '15 at 15:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '15 at 15:23

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To answer the second part of your question if you want to output wide characters then you need to use std::wcout

answered May 20 '15 at 15:23

NathanOliver

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