Foreign/International Characters

[Goatboy]

Alright, so I am helping my friend learn C++ and Spanish at the same time, so I wrote a simple program (so he can review the source code) that quizzes him on his Spanish vocab. It reads a word at random from a list and he writes the translation. The problem, however, is that I when I try to read a foreign character, such as á or é, it either shows up as a question mark or or doesn't show up at all.

I have googled a lot of different strings, and read about UNICODE, UTF-8 and Latin 1, but nothing ever explains what to include in the source code.

Is there some header, namespace, or #define I need to include? Any help is appreciated.

While I wait for a response, I'm gonna be googling more.

[mischief]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684497(VS.85).aspx

http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/0079087 ... har.h.html

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=207461

http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/597583

UTFG.

[Goatboy]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684497(VS.85).aspx

http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/0079087 ... har.h.html

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=207461

http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/597583

UTFG.

Second link was VERY helpful. Works like a charm. Thank you tons, this has been bothering me for a while.

[centip3de]

Alright, so I am helping my friend learn C++ and Spanish at the same time, so I wrote a simple program (so he can review the source code) that quizzes him on his Spanish vocab. It reads a word at random from a list and he writes the translation. The problem, however, is that I when I try to read a foreign character, such as á or é, it either shows up as a question mark or or doesn't show up at all.

I have googled a lot of different strings, and read about UNICODE, UTF-8 and Latin 1, but nothing ever explains what to include in the source code.

Is there some header, namespace, or #define I need to include? Any help is appreciated.

While I wait for a response, I'm gonna be googling more.

Wha?! Goatboy needs help??! ITS THE APOCALYPSE!!!!!

[sanddbox]

Alright, so I am helping my friend learn C++ and Spanish at the same time, so I wrote a simple program (so he can review the source code) that quizzes him on his Spanish vocab. It reads a word at random from a list and he writes the translation. The problem, however, is that I when I try to read a foreign character, such as á or é, it either shows up as a question mark or or doesn't show up at all.

I have googled a lot of different strings, and read about UNICODE, UTF-8 and Latin 1, but nothing ever explains what to include in the source code.

Is there some header, namespace, or #define I need to include? Any help is appreciated.

While I wait for a response, I'm gonna be googling more.

Wha?! Goatboy needs help??! ITS THE APOCALYPSE!!!!!

This was awhile ago, before he was mod IIRC.

[centip3de]

This was awhile ago, before he was mod IIRC.

Oooohhh ^.^ Well anyway, while I have you, would you mind telling me how you got the different ranks? i.e. "Poster, Addict" etc.

[Goatboy]

OLD THREAD IS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD.

Yes, this was before I was a mod. They were my second and third posts, respectively. Just goes to show that anyone can learn here, and everyone has something to learn.

Different ranks are based upon your post count. I think the 1,000-post mark is Addict.

[centip3de]

I think the 1,000-post mark is Addict.

and respectively.