£ sign

[Chivo]

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of trouble with something I'm trying to do. It involves the £ sign but I can't search for help on google as it appears that what I would call a hash is referred to as a pound sign in PERL.

Anyway I have a $ and a £ in my script. When I run the perl scrips in a DOS window the $ displays fine but my £ appears as a small u with a flick above it.

My initial thought was that I need to set a county code for my DOS box but then I thought maybe I have to referece the £ sign within my script in a different way. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Chivo

 

[MillerH]

The pound sign is ascii code 156. Therefore try this:

print chr(156);

 

[Chivo]

Thanks, I'll give that a bash.

 

[Kirsle]

I've noticed that the DOS window usually has a problem displaying foreign characters and will usually show the wrong thing. If you printed £ to a text file or on a GUI window or anywhere besides the DOS console, it should display fine.

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[Chivo]

Thanks that worked a treat. Thanks also for the information about the DOS window.