Originally Posted by stahta01 ascii Ascii Table - ASCII character codes and html, octal, hex and decimal chart conversion or ANSI OEM (Windows term) Code page - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Two different; but related things. Tim S. I'm extremely sorry, stahta01. I couldn't understand your reply because of my own limitations. How would I enter "Pi" symbol in console based program? Suppose I want to write a line which reads, 'Enter the value "Pi symbol".r^2'. And what about that "%" symbol?