I am trying to print out the following string using std::cout :
"Encryptor –pid1 0x34f –pid2"
the '-' characters appear as u's with a circumflex above them (I'm not sure how to type this).
How do I print out the hyphen as intended?
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- 1that's not hyphen. you can use some hex editor to check its real value. my editor shows it's 0xa843tristan– tristan2011-02-22 12:36:09 +00:00Commented Feb 22, 2011 at 12:36
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That was not a hyphen.
It was a "n-dash", which will render differently across consoles based on encoding settings.
The hyphen key is usually on the number row of your keyboard, on Western layouts.
answered Feb 22, 2011 at 12:48
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Make sure your terminal's idea of the character encoding matches that of your source code. How to do this, of course, depends on your operating system, which terminal emulator (assuming it's an emulator at all) you're using, and so on, neither of which you state.
Also, that's not a hyphen in your example, it's too long. It's probably an "em dash".
