Inserting a “£” sign in an output string in C++

Question

I have the following code:

cout << \"String that includes a £ sign\";

However, the £ sign is not being recognised by the compiler, an

Answer 1

£ does not have an "ASCII code" - ASCII is 7 bits (0..127). There are various extended 8 bit characters sets which include £ but there is no single standard for this and the £ symbol may have various different values in different environments. You should probably be using Unicode if you need international symbols with maximum portability.