Subj : Re: Swedish characters To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : "Taras Kentrschynskyj" Date : Wed Oct 08 2003 07:38 am Here are some tests: ***************************** string s1 = "åäö", s2; cin >> s2; // input: åäö cout << s1 << s2 << endl; output (gcc): åäöåäö output (bcc): Õõ÷åäö ******************************* char fn[10] = "char.txt"; ifstream in; ofstream out(fn); string s2; cin >> s2; // input: åäö out << s2; out.close(); in.open(fn); in >> s2; cout << s2 << endl; output (gcc): åäö file content: åäö output (bcc): åäö file content: †„” ***************************** char fn[10] = "char.txt"; // file content: åäö ifstream in(fn); string s2; in >> s2; cout << s2 << endl; output (gcc): åäö output (bcc): Õõ÷ .