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How do I encode Unicode character codes in a PowerShell string literal?

How can I encode the Unicode character U+0048 (H), say, in a PowerShell string?

In C# I would just do this: "\u0048", but that doesn't appear to work in PowerShell.

Solution

  • Replace '\u' with '0x' and cast it to System.Char:

    PS > [char]0x0048
H

    You can also use the "$()" syntax to embed a Unicode character into a string:

    PS > "Acme$([char]0x2122) Company"
AcmeT Company

    Where T is PowerShell's representation of the character for non-registered trademarks.

    Note: this method works only for characters in Plane 0, the BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane), chars < U+10000.