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Heydrich · 05-17-2003, 08:00 PM

Ron:

Those representations are from the original 256 code ASCII character set. I’ve been doing a lot of C++ programming lately, and they are handy to know, because you can generate a char array of integers, and if you send them to be outputted (it’s actually stored as a number), it will print out the corresponding ASCII character instead. For instance, ASCII 65 is capital A.

Some time back, ASCII got incorporated in the Unicode (hex) character set, so you can print the German letters using hex too:

Atl 0252 = Ã?Â¼
Alt 0228 = Ã?Â¤
Alt 0235 = Ã?Â«

I actually looked up those characters way back in the 80s, when I wanted to correctly print out the name of a popular heavy metal band of the time: Motley CrÃ?Â¼e.

The German/Latin Sharp S character is: Unicode 00DF = Ã??

Type in two zeros and df (upper or lower case), place the cursor to the right of it, and hit Alt+X. The interface you are using at the time must be able to support Unicode. (Like MS Word.)

05-17-2003, 08:00 PM	#33
Heydrich Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron: Those representations are from the original 256 code ASCII character set. I’ve been doing a lot of C++ programming lately, and they are handy to know, because you can generate a char array of integers, and if you send them to be outputted (it’s actually stored as a number), it will print out the corresponding ASCII character instead. For instance, ASCII 65 is capital A. Some time back, ASCII got incorporated in the Unicode (hex) character set, so you can print the German letters using hex too: Atl 0252 = Ã?Â¼ Alt 0228 = Ã?Â¤ Alt 0235 = Ã?Â« I actually looked up those characters way back in the 80s, when I wanted to correctly print out the name of a popular heavy metal band of the time: Motley CrÃ?Â¼e. The German/Latin Sharp S character is: Unicode 00DF = Ã?? Type in two zeros and df (upper or lower case), place the cursor to the right of it, and hit Alt+X. The interface you are using at the time must be able to support Unicode. (Like MS Word.)