# Help with special characters

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-special-characters/221746>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 6, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-special-characters/221746 "2007-04-06T22:35:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![supernerden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@supernerden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/supernerden)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-special-characters/221746/1 "2007-04-06T22:35:57Z")

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As a proud norwegianer I often find myself in trouble when I start learning a new programming language, due to the norwegian characters æ, ø and å.

My question:

How do I make the C+±script

```auto
cout << "æøå";

```

output correctly?