Thread: print accented character to console

Hello ,

I want to print accented character to console. There are 4 examples.
It's only the 3th example works.
The 4th doesnt but it has differents issues.
pls let me know if it isn't clear. Thanks

Code:

// Console char set code
#include "pch.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator> 
#include "windows.h"


UINT myCharSetCode;
using namespace std;


int main()
{
    struct poetry {
        string author;
        string title;
        string text;
        wchar_t text_wchar_t;
    };
    poetry proemio;
    poetry *p;
    p = &proemio;


    p->author = "Omero";
    p->title = "Odissea";
    p->text = "Narrami, o musa , l'uomo dall'agile mente che a lungo andó vagando, ";


    myCharSetCode = GetConsoleCP();  //it's 437
    /*
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437
    */
/******************************************************************************************/
    /* Example n°1*/
    cout << "This is the " << myCharSetCode << " char set code." << endl;


    cout << "\x85 = 133 but cout cant prints à" << endl; // that is it prints α
    cout << "\xA0 = 160 but cout cant prints á" << endl; // that is it prints ß


    cout << "\x8A = 138 but cout cant prints è" << endl; // i didnt find
    cout << "\x82 = 130 but cout cant prints é" << endl; // that is it prints Θ
/******************************************************************************************/
    /* Example n°2*/
    for (char c : p->text){  // another example
        cout << c;    // Here, cout prints wrong char. It cant print 'ó'
    }
        
/*****************************************************************************************/
    /* Example n°3*/
    /* a working example */
    setlocale(LC_ALL, ".437");
    wcout << L"\n àé éè \n";
/***************************************************************************************************/
     /* Example n°4*/
    /* Trying to print wchar_t of the struct */
     setlocale(LC_ALL, ".437");

    p->text_wchar_t = "àèéó"; // cant assign, error. It's an error

    //wcout << ...... 
}

Code:

/* Example n°4*/
    /* Trying to print wchar_t of the struct */
     setlocale(LC_ALL, ".437");

    p->text_wchar_t = "àèéó"; // cant assign, error. It's an error

    //wcout << ......

1) How Do I assign a string to wchar_t which is part of a struct ?


2) Is this the 3th example the 'official way' to print to console or I'm making it harder?

3) I'm reading about char code , because I dont know it,
but I've another question.
If I have the same code on console (437) and I need that code set to print my chars ,
Why Don't the first and second example work ?

I didnt used SetConsoleOuput because that code is what I need