How do I type Unicode character combinations?

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Hi experts,

I want to have a symbol as part of a string. It's a "v" with a "¯" above it to represent "average velocity".

How can I get that symbol into the string?
Anything similar to "type accent, then vowel to get 'è'"?

Thanks in advance,

lukeer

Posted 24-Jul-14 2:14am

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[no name] 24-Jul-14 8:34am

Have you seen this? http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm

lukeer 24-Jul-14 9:14am

Now that you mention it, yes, I've seen it. But it addresses the input of single characters. I need to combine macron and 'v'.
Any idea for that?

Richard MacCutchan 24-Jul-14 9:21am

Take a look at the Windows Character map to see if such a symbol exists. I'm not sure abou t the v but the è is there.

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2014-07-24T03:17:00

Solution 1

You cannot compose characters that way. For instance the 'è' character is a single one, not a composition of 'e' and the accent one. If there is a UNICODE character for the average velocity then you might use it. On the other hand if there isn't such a character, you are simply out of luck.

Posted 24-Jul-14 3:17am

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Updated 24-Jul-14 3:20am

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lukeer 25-Jul-14 4:08am

In light of recent research, I have to disagree.
[impose=you-know-who] Please see my answer [/impose]

CPallini 25-Jul-14 4:25am

:-)
I stand corrected.
However, if I got the Wikipedia page, the corrensponding single UNICODE character must exist.

lukeer 25-Jul-14 4:43am

For some characters, like 'é', there are two possibilities. The single character you mention _and_ a composition of 'e' and '´'.
If I want a somewhat more exotic combination, I'm left with _only_ the second possibility.

lukeer · Answer 2 · 2014-07-24T22:04:00

According to Wikipedia, one can combine arbitrary symbols with diacritics and in my case, an overline fits better than a macron.

At least it works in a message box:

MessageBox.Show("v" + char.ConvertFromUtf32(0x305));

Therefore, I consider the question closed.

My application needs it to work in a Windows Forms DataGridView. There, the overline is slightly shifted to the right (standard font and size). Since I have no incentive to twiddle around with don't-know-what-yet, I'll just use another symbol.

Thanks everyone for your effort.