How to use extended ascii characters in C# console application [duplicate]

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I cant seem to find a general explanation for how to use extended ascii characters. I am specifically trying to use the different pipe variations for a minimap in my roguelike game.

    static Encoding e = Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1");
    string shown = e.GetString(new byte[] { 185 });

This code displays "1" even though all of the extended ascii tables show the pipe going in the top, left, bottom directions. Please help!

Looking at ISO_8859-1, 185d (0xB9) is actually the symbol ¹. So your output is what I would expect. — Rev
– Rev, Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 7:06
You can also just hard code them: Console.WriteLine("╔═╗"); Console.WriteLine("╚═╝"); which makes the code easy to read. Or use constants if that's easier: private const char TopLeft = '╔'; — littlerufe
– littlerufe, Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 7:19
Thank you Rufus L! It is as simple as copy and pasting the characters from the wiki page to my program. Problem solved! — Christian Swierc
– Christian Swierc, Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 21:11

Ashkan Mobayen Khiabani · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-25 07:00:59Z

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You shoud change your Console.OutputEncoding:

Encoding e = Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1");
Console.OutputEncoding = e;

then Console.WriteLine(shown); should display the desired result.

answered Sep 25, 2018 at 7:00

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