Can't get pound sign in command prompt apps

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Chris Clarke - 19 Mar 2006 11:03 GMT

Can anyone help? I can't seem to get a pound sign in my command prompt
applications. I tried:

static double x=100;
public static void main(String[] args) {
NumberFormat formatter = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.UK);
System.out.println(formatter.format(x));
}

but instead of the £ sign I get a u with an accent over it. What should I
do?

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Rob Skedgell - 19 Mar 2006 12:34 GMT

> Can anyone help? I can't seem to get a pound sign in my command prompt
> applications. I tried:
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> but instead of the sign I get a u with an accent over it. What
> should I do?

I think you caaan run CMD.EXE with the /u switch (assuming that you're
running 2000/XP rather than 98/ME) for Unicode output. See
<http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/c
md.mspx>

I don't run MS here, so I can't check this, but does it work if you try
running it as something like this (assuming that your class is called
"MyClass")?

cmd /u /c java MyClass

Hopefully someone who does run Windows can suggest some better way of
doing this - there may be a control panel setting to switch it on all
the time, or (possibly safer) just for the JRE/JDK tools.

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Roedy Green - 19 Mar 2006 18:57 GMT

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:03:39 +0000 (UTC), "Chris Clarke"
<chris.clarke2004@btinternet.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>but instead of the £ sign I get a u with an accent over it. What should I
>do?

test your font. Does it print a Unicode pound sign correctly. What
is the character numerically being handed you?

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