read wchar_t from text file

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16Aug2006,22:57   #1
juliaprocess's Avatar
hello
let's say i type some spanish in a text file, how would i read them in as wchar_t type from a text file?
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17Aug2006,00:57   #2
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Can you read a char from text file?
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17Aug2006,07:47   #3
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yeah, i have no problem reading a regular text file, the problem is when i start typin in different languages, i can't seem to store them
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19Aug2006,11:04   #4
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You probably want to store the text in utf-16 or utf-8.
Normally you'd write a byte order mark which most editors check for to see what encoding the file is in, then you write the encoded characters (wikipedia has information about both).