> Hi,
>
> I am finding that quite a few unicode characters are not being
> recognised in my .NET c# application.
>
> Here's a snippet that demonstrates my problem:
>
> String sigma_str = "Sigma (\x03a3)";
> String pi_str = "Pi (\x03a0)";
> String str = sigma_str + " : " + pi_str;
> Console.WriteLine(str);
>
> Here's the output:
>
> Sigma (S) : Pi (?)
>
> -------------------------------------
> Why is Pi shown as a question mark?
>
> Thanks,
>

> Hi Sheena,
>
> There is no ASCII translation for PI.  The question mark is an
indication
> that the unicode character does not exist or cannot be shown with the

> current codepage.
>
> In fact, even a MessageBox for some odd reason does not display
either
> Sigma nor PI, but using Graphics.DrawString you can see them fine.
>
>
> On 12 Jan 2005 03:40:26 -0800, sheena <sheena.ritc***@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am finding that quite a few unicode characters are not being
> > recognised in my .NET c# application.
> >
> > Here's a snippet that demonstrates my problem:
> >
> > String sigma_str = "Sigma (\x03a3)";
> > String pi_str = "Pi (\x03a0)";
> > String str = sigma_str + " : " + pi_str;
> > Console.WriteLine(str);
> >
> > Here's the output:
> >
> > Sigma (S) : Pi (?)
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Why is Pi shown as a question mark?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Happy Coding!
> Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]