I need to put out a single char, but codepage my system using doesn't have that symbol (i.e. spanish exclamation point "¡"). Trying
char excl = 173;
cout.put(excl);
but it types another symbol.
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On Windows I suppose? – Baum mit Augen Sep 22 '17 at 12:25
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@BaummitAugen Yes it's Windows OS. Im interested is there a way to do so in Visual Studio for example. Without changing smth in OS – Alex.S Sep 22 '17 at 12:29
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That should be what you are looking I think. – Baum mit Augen Sep 22 '17 at 12:35
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Hm, not quite apparently. I'll leave this for someone who knows Windows. Good luck. – Baum mit Augen Sep 22 '17 at 12:38
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What's the language settings of your OS? – Robert Andrzejuk Sep 22 '17 at 12:51
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It's certainly possible to change the codepage of the console. It's worth noting this character is in Windows-1252. – chris Sep 22 '17 at 12:53
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in 1252 the character has a value of 161 – Robert Andrzejuk Sep 22 '17 at 13:01
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If the settings of the operating system are not configured to the approriate codepage you first have to set the locale:
setlocale( LC_ALL, "esp" );
This sets your locale to Spanish_Spain.1252 (Windows-1252) Then the character is under the value 161
char excl = 161;
std::cout.put( excl );
The setlocale function installs the specified system locale or its portion as the new C locale. The modifications remain in effect and influences the execution of all locale-sensitive C library functions until the next call to setlocale.
Explaination of constants:
- LC_ALL : selects the entire C locale
- LC_COLLATE : selects the collation category of the C locale
- LC_CTYPE : selects the character classification category of the C locale
- LC_MONETARY : selects the monetary formatting category of the C locale
- LC_NUMERIC : selects the numeric formatting category of the C locale
- LC_TIME : selects the time formatting category of the C locale
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It seems to have switched to 1252, but now puts out "?" instead of similar symbols. – Alex.S Sep 22 '17 at 13:36
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Where are you seeing the "?" character? (console app, gui, ...). Please explain your project. – Robert Andrzejuk Sep 22 '17 at 13:37
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I see results in console of Visual Studio (or also called VC++ if I understand right) – Alex.S Sep 22 '17 at 13:42
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You can check what locale is set with: ```std::cout << setlocale( LC_CTYPE, "esp" ) << '\n';``` – Robert Andrzejuk Sep 22 '17 at 13:45
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Language settings are Russian. It seemed to put out symbols in 866 code page. Maybe I should change something in compiler? – Alex.S Sep 22 '17 at 13:54
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Maybe this will help (Win10): Got to Windows Settings -> Time & language -> Region and language -> Languages -> Add a language -> Spanish – Robert Andrzejuk Sep 22 '17 at 14:06
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To display the characters correctly, you need to have the appropriate codepages and supporting fonts installed. Did you try to change the font of your console you eg. Arial? – Robert Andrzejuk Sep 22 '17 at 15:28
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What finally worked was
SetConsoleCP(1252);
SetConsoleOutputCP(1252);
Probably because I reinstalled VC++ and chose only English language pack during installation.
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