On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 07:49:26AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good morning, > > The following haskell program : > > --<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > module Main where > > accentLetters :: String > accentLetters = "ИЮТ" > > main :: IO () > main = do putStr (show accentLetters) > -->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > after being compiled will give the result : > > "\233\224\244" > > But, exactly the same program, without the "show" function will give the result: > > ИЮТ > > Is there some way to have "show" show all the printable characters, even those > represented by a value greater than the US-ASCII 7 bits (127) ? >
The specific octet may be printable character or not depending on your charset. For instance, your letters are printable in koi8-r (showing upper Russian I YU T), but not in cp866 (al least recode cp866..koi8-r fails on them). The "show" function represents your over-127 bytes in portable and readable (by read) way and, I think, it does right. -- Max _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
