€ Symbol Java Unicode

Question

Trying to print € symbol to screen using Unicode.

The following code displays OK in Eclipse but using the windows command line I get:

pound = ú
euro = Ç

Code:

class Test{      
public static void main(String[] args) {
       String euro = "\u20ac";
       String pound = "\u00a3";

        System.out.println("pound = " + pound);
        System.out.println("euro = " + euro);
    }
}

Why is this? Ctrl+alt+$ shows € command line so the symbol is there?

which platform? [Unicode characters in Windows command line - how?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/388490/995714), [How to Output Unicode Strings on the Windows Console](http://stackoverflow.com/q/3130979/995714), [Output unicode strings in Windows console app](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2492077/995714) — phuclv, Jan 24 '16 at 16:09
http://illegalargumentexception.blogspot.com/2009/04/i18n-unicode-at-windows-command-prompt.html — phuclv, Jan 24 '16 at 16:13
Possible duplicate of [What is character encoding and why should I bother with it](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10611455/what-is-character-encoding-and-why-should-i-bother-with-it) — Raedwald, Jan 24 '16 at 16:37
Related (but perhaps outdated?): [Java, Unicode, UTF-8, and Windows Command Prompt](http://stackoverflow.com/q/11927518/1468366) — MvG, Jan 24 '16 at 16:44

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '16 at 16:18

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Following worked for me:

Switch the console from the raster font to a Unicode TrueType font.
Type chcp 1252 to switch code page.

answered Jan 24 '16 at 16:18

En-Motion

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Do not use any code pages other than 65001. Unicode is the way to go – phuclv Feb 02 '16 at 08:14

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '16 at 16:21

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Check the hexadecimal value for windows or linux or whatever operating system it's a little bit different here is for windows. Wikipedia

answered Jan 24 '16 at 16:21

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€ Symbol Java Unicode

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