Subj : Re: Swedish characters To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : "Taras Kentrschynskyj" Date : Wed Oct 08 2003 11:46 am Here's the result: cin >> s; // input: åäö cout << s[0] << s[1] << s[2] << endl; cout << (int)s[0] << (int)s[1] << (int)s[2] << endl; cout << 'å' << 'ä' << 'ö' << endl; cout << (int)'å' << (int)'ä' << (int)'ö' << endl; output(gcc): åäö -27-28-10 åäö -27-28-10 output(bcc): åäö -122-124-108 Õõ÷ -27-28-10 .