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c++console-applicationmultibyte

How to output multiple byte characters normally in c/c++ console application?

printf("%s\n", multibytestring);

By default the multi-byte characters will show up like ??? in console, how can I fix it?

Solution

  • I'm guessing Windows, and that you mean multi-byte characters and not wide characters.

    Make sure that _MBCS is defined. Try calling setlocale and then _setmbcp:

    setlocale(LC_ALL, "japanese");
_setmbcp(_MB_CP_LOCALE);

    After that it should hopefully work fine.