Character output problems.

Question

I'm currently writing a java console program that deals with european currency.
The problem comes when I try something along the lines of the following (the printing of the currency symbol being the important part):
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;
public class UnicodeTest {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Locale eu1 = new Locale("en", "GB", "WIN");
    DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(eu1);
    DecimalFormat eu = new DecimalFormat(symbols.getCurrencySymbol() + "0.00", symbols);
    double number = 3f;
    System.out.println(number + " = " + eu.format(number));
}The problem is that this should output 3 = ?3.00. It does on Unix systems but not on Windows,Windows end's up outputting an accented u (? (if this shows up on the forum) instead of the ? sign.
It works in Windows when outputting to a window (i.e. TextArea, etc.) but not to the system console.
Can anyone shed some light on this?

Answer 1

Oh dear, those first and last question marks we're supposed to show up as pound signs (uk currency symbol).