Output unicode strings in Windows console app

Question

Hi I was trying to output unicode string to a console with iostreams and failed.

I found this: Using unicode font in c++ console app and this snippet work

Answer 1

The wcout must have the locale set differently to the CRT. Here's how it can be fixed:

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    char* locale = setlocale(LC_ALL, "English"); // Get the CRT's current locale.
    std::locale lollocale(locale);
    setlocale(LC_ALL, locale); // Restore the CRT.
    std::wcout.imbue(lollocale); // Now set the std::wcout to have the locale that we got from the CRT.
    std::wcout << L"¡Hola!";
    std::cin.get();
    return 0;
}

I just tested it, and it displays the string here absolutely fine.