[SOLVED] Bug with INSTRING

[StephenG1CMZ]

(10-27-2016 02:03 PM)moonbeam Wrote:  

(10-27-2016 01:47 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote:  To represent the square root symbol as a Unicode numeric use this syntax:

Code:



 MSGBOX(CHAR(10003));

To find the number required look it up on Wikipedia...
The one I have here I found using Shift/Chars, but might not be the best for start.

I'm getting 8730 for ASC("√") when keying the symbol directly (shift x^2).

My apologies. In my original post, I had used shift/chars and picked up a value that looked like a sqrt or tick on my little screen, and wrote the call syntax.
I then used asc(sqrrtsymbol) to find out the actual number and updated my post with the right number - but I was too slow and you read the 1st version.

BTW, I am surprised that when using Shift/Chars/More/Maths the symbol for squareroot is not immediately seen - I would have thought it would be one of the first/commonest symbols. But I guess that sequence is Unicode's, not HP Prime's.