Output unicode symbol π and ≈ in c++ win32 console application

Question

I am fairly new to programming, but it seems like the π(pi) symbol is not in the standard set of outputs that ASCII handles.

I am wondering

Answer 1

The Microsoft CRT is not very Unicode-savvy, so it may be necessary to bypass it and use WriteConsole() directly. I'm assuming you already compile for Unicode, else you need to explicitly use WriteConsoleW()