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List:       haskell-cafe
Subject:    [Haskell-cafe] Unicode strings
From:       Pupeno <pupeno () pupeno ! com>
Date:       2006-11-05 18:17:07
Message-ID: 200611051817.13553.pupeno () pupeno ! com
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Hello,
I am trying to make a program that outputs some Unicode characters but the 
output doesn't match what I try to print.
Attached is a little test program. It tries to print the arrows "←↑→↓" but 
instead it outputs "\220\221\222\223" (that is, character number 220, then 
221, then 222). I've also tried writing the Unicode code points (although GHC 
6.6 should deal just fine with Unicode source code) and I get the same 
result. In case anybody wants to try, this would be the 
string: "\8592\8593\8594\8595".
I am also attaching the output file, you can see that the contents are not 
right.
Any ideas what am I doing wrong here ?
Thank you.
-- 
Pupeno <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

["test.hs" (text/plain)]

import qualified System.IO as IO

main = do
    let str = "←↑→↓"
    putStrLn str
    h <- IO.openFile "test.output" IO.WriteMode 
    IO.hPutStrLn h str
	

["test.output" (text/plain)]

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