Printing unicode to console in C# - VS 2017

Question

I can't get the console to print unicode characters using the Console.WriteLine or Console.Out.WriteLine Searching the net I got 2 suggestions for setting the encoding: Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8; // Option 1 for setting encoding Console.WriteLine( Smiley face: ???? ); Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; //Option 2 Console.WriteLine( Smiley face: ???? ); Problem is that both these approaches give the same error below: Smiley face: ???? Exception thrown: 'System.IO.IOException' in mscorlib.dll An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.IOException' occurred in mscorlib.dll The handle is invalid. I have changed the console font to Lucida Console but still the unicode characters are not being printed Environment: IDE: VS Community version 2017 Version 15.3.4 Windows 10

Antony García · Answer

Hi Bwana Please try the code below: Consider that the code for the Smiley Face in UNICODE is u263A as shown below. static void Main( string [] args) { Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; string a = \u263A ; Console.WriteLine(a); Console.ReadLine(); }

Gautam Parmar · Answer

Hi Try below code may work for you Console.OutputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; Console.Write(Strings.CharW(Smiley face: ????));