unable to print euro symbol in a "C" program

Question

I am unable to print the euro symbol. The program I am using is below.

I have set the character set to codepage 1250 which has 0x80 standing for the euro symbol.

Program
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <locale.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Current locale is: %s\n", setlocale (LC_ALL, ".1250"));
    printf("Euro character: %c\n", 0x80);
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Output
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Current locale is: English_India.1250
Euro character: ?

Other details
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OS: Windows Vista
Compiler: vc++ 2008 express edition

Answer 1

Read this: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/eurodos.html

There are sections, which could help you a lot:

• Display the euro-symbol in full-screen DOS and command consoles in Windows NT, 2000, or XP
• Display the euro symbol in DOS and command console windows in Windows 2000 and XP (built-in support for TrueType fonts)
• Display the euro in DOS and command consoles in Windows 2000 and XP (bitmap and TrueType fonts)

Answer 2

the 0x80 char is falsely stated as the euro sign, it is the Padding Char. See here: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=28263

If I remember correctly it must something around 0x120, try printing in a for loop from 120 to 130

Answer 3

take a look at this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
 printf("\u20AC");
return 0;
}

I used GCC compiler and this works fine. The output is: €