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drifting dustBOT Jun 17, 2024, 7:51 PM

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safe cosmos Jun 17, 2024, 7:57 PM

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What terminal are you using and is it set to use UTF-8 or ASCII? (You need the former)

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 7:59 PM

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safe cosmos What terminal are you using and is it set to use UTF-8 or ASCII? (You need the f...

I have no idea how to check? If you are asking OS im on windows

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:01 PM

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okay then it's powershell or cmd

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:02 PM

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lament anvil okay then it's powershell or cmd

its cmd

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:02 PM

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ok

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show the output

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:03 PM

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but when I enter the cmd myself those characters have no problem displaying

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alr

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:03 PM

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take a screenshot

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:03 PM

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lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:04 PM

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can you show your code?

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:04 PM

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int main() {
    int input;
    int input2;

    std::cout << "Yüzde hesaplayıcısına hoşgeldin, bir değer gir:  ";
    std::cin >> input;

    std::cout << "\nBaşka bir değer gir: ";
    std::cin >> input2;

    double yuzdesonuc = input / (double)input2 * 100;
    std::cout << input << "/" << input2 << " = " << yuzdesonuc << "%";
}

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:06 PM

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did you set utf-8 in your cmd preferences?

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:06 PM

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nope I don't know how

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in windows or vs?

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:06 PM

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right click on cmd

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:06 PM

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fading sundial in windows or vs?

windows

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:08 PM

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lament anvil did you set utf-8 in your cmd preferences?

should I change system locale or add chcp 65001?

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:11 PM

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wait I'll see in mine once

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:12 PM

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problem is with encoding in compiler i think

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:13 PM

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lament anvil did you set utf-8 in your cmd preferences?

not preferences...it's properties

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:13 PM

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yes problem is not with the cmd itself tho

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its the compiler

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:13 PM

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oh k

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how?

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compiler is alright

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:14 PM

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cause i am able to write those problematic characters in the input section of my code

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they display with no problem

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compiler fucks with the characters idk how

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:15 PM

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oh

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:15 PM

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fading sundial compiler fucks with the characters idk how

it's not the compiler lol

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:15 PM

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then wot

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:16 PM

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terminal

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:18 PM

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lament anvil terminal

how to solve it then

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:20 PM

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50403342/how-do-i-properly-use-stdstring-on-utf-8-in-c

Stack Overflow

How do I properly use std::string on UTF-8 in C++?

My platform is a Mac. I'm a C++ beginner and working on a personal project which processes Chinese and English. UTF-8 is the preferred encoding for this project.
I read some posts on Stack Overflow...

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instead put those sentences in variables

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:22 PM

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big L from c++

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:22 PM

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yeah

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:23 PM

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and nothing changed

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there is a warning about character sets

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lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:23 PM

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lol

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use std::wstring

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:25 PM

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Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Details
Error (active) E0415 no suitable constructor exists to convert from "const char [56]" to "std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t>>" learningcpp C:\Users\admin\source\repos\learningcpp\learningcpp\main.cpp 10

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:26 PM

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did you include the header

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#include <string>

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:27 PM

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yes

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:27 PM

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/std-wstring-vs-std-string-in-cpp/amp/

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Difference Between std::wstring and std::string - GeeksforGeeks

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use it in this way

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:29 PM

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there is just Y in the console rn

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:30 PM

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show

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:30 PM

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lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:30 PM

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use wcout

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:30 PM

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int main() {
    int input;
    int input2;

    std::wstring sentence1 = L"Yüzde hesaplayıcısına hoşgeldin, bir değer gir:  ";
    std::wstring sentence2 = L"\nBaşka bir değer gir: ";

    std::wcout << sentence1;
    std::cin >> input;

    std::wcout << sentence2;
    std::cin >> input2;

    double yuzdesonuc = input / (double)input2 * 100;
    std::cout << input << "/" << input2 << " = " << yuzdesonuc << "%";
}

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:31 PM

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wcin

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:32 PM

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it won't matter the problem starts in the first wcout

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:32 PM

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wait I'll try

safe cosmos Jun 17, 2024, 8:33 PM

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fading sundial ```cpp int main() { int input; int input2; std::wstring sentence1 =...

;compile -includeiostream -includestring -Wall -Wextra

spring heartBOT Jun 17, 2024, 8:33 PM

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Program Output

Y?zde hesaplay?c?s?na ho?geldin, bir de?er gir:  
Ba?ka bir de?er gir:

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:34 PM

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I'm getting

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same

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:35 PM

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spring heart

this

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:35 PM

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angry_thonk

safe cosmos Jun 17, 2024, 8:36 PM

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fading sundial yes problem is not with the cmd itself tho

I think the problem is with the cmd itself though.
Just because you can input them and they show correct I don't think means that they can also be outputted.

Just try to apply the change Yedco suggested and see if it works

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:37 PM

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alr

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:41 PM

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safe cosmos I think the problem is with the cmd itself though. Just because you can input t...

now the special characters just vanished

safe cosmos Jun 17, 2024, 8:43 PM

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progress I guess

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:43 PM

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fading sundial ```cpp int main() { int input; int input2; std::cout << "Yüzde hesa...

The code works, the problem is Windows:
https://godbolt.org/z/7Ms6bnKxd

Compiler Explorer - C++

int main() {
int input;
int input2;

std::cout << "Yüzde hesaplayıcısına hoşgeldin, bir değer gir:  ";
std::cin >> input;

std::cout << "\nBaşka bir değer gir: ";
std::cin >> input2;

double yuzdesonuc = input / (double)input2 * 100;
std::cout << input << "/" << input2 << " = " << yuzdesonuc << "%";

}

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:44 PM

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devout willow The code works, the problem is Windows: https://godbolt.org/z/7Ms6bnKxd

how do they get the same input then it must be about msvc?

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:45 PM

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It is using GCC + UTF8 to display text.

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:45 PM

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I still don't get what is the problem, my cmd is set to utf8 i compile with msvc

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utf8 part looks the same

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:48 PM

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In a Cygwin terminal in Windows it works as expected.

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:48 PM

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so the problem is windows terminal?

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:48 PM

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yep

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:49 PM

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any fix or it is what it is?

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:49 PM

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or MSVC

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I used GCC to compile it.

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I will try with GCC + Windows terminal

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Is the Windows terminal

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Compiling with GCC or MSVC works in the Cygwin terminal

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:53 PM

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F the windows terminal

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:54 PM

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use powershell

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:54 PM

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can I direct cout to powershell?

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:54 PM

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compile it using g++

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in the terminal itself

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:54 PM

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powershell terminal also doesn't work

lament anvil Jun 17, 2024, 8:54 PM

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oh

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:55 PM

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but why

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if I use writeconsoleW would it work?

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:55 PM

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no

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the problem is not the code

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:56 PM

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but the salvation might be the code

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no?

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 8:56 PM

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Nope

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Unless your code simulates a terminal.

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Using graphics mode.

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 8:58 PM

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so is there any way to fix windows terminal or should I change it.

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and still how can I write those special characters and display them but not output them

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 9:01 PM

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Probably the best option is to use a library for a better terminal.

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 9:02 PM

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devout willow Probably the best option is to use a library for a better terminal.

any recommendation?

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 9:02 PM

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https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses

GitHub

GitHub - dankamongmen/notcurses: blingful character graphics/TUI li...

blingful character graphics/TUI library. definitely not curses. - dankamongmen/notcurses

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or something more simple that supports UTF8

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This also works to make the Windows Terminal display unicode: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2849010/output-unicode-to-console-using-c-in-windows#:~:text=There are three things you have to do,a subset of that called Lucida Console.

Stack Overflow

Output Unicode to console Using C++, in Windows

I'm still learning C++, so bear with me and my sloppy code. The compiler I use is Dev C++. I want to be able to output Unicode characters to the Console using cout. Whenver i try things like:

#inc...

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 9:13 PM

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I get this error when I add _setmode

drifting dustBOT Jun 17, 2024, 10:16 PM

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@fading sundial

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fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 11:36 PM

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is lucida console included in windows or do I have to download it cause I don't see it in fonts section maybe my windows lacks sum features

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 11:40 PM

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It should be included

fading sundial Jun 17, 2024, 11:41 PM

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my win SUCKS

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is it a problem if I download it from internet

devout willow Jun 17, 2024, 11:44 PM

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The Consolas font also works.

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Probably any font with Unicode and fixed size support should do it,

marble gate Jun 18, 2024, 12:05 AM

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Just wanted to say fuck character encoding lol

fading sundial Jun 18, 2024, 12:13 AM

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devout willow The Consolas font also works.

its already using consolas

devout willow Jun 18, 2024, 12:29 AM

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I was wrong, there is a way to make it work in Windows terminal only using code:

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