windows 10 code blocks problem

[Raul4pk]

I just got from windows 7 to windows 10 programming in c++ and i can't use some of the old ascii characters such as the smiley faces. how can i fix this ? thanks

[Repeater]

There is no smiley face in the ASCII character set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#Character_set

[Chervil]

The way that characters outside of the range defined by the ASCII standard are displayed will depend on the code page in use.

Commonly used values are 437 and 1252.

You might try

    SetConsoleOutputCP( n );

where n is the number of the required code page.

needs #include <windows.h>

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/setconsoleoutputcp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252

[helios]

Or just use the Unicode code points: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437#Character_set