What is the ASCII (Alt+number) for the square root symbol (√) in Windows?
In short it's ALT + 251 (note, no preceding zero)
Unicode it is U-221A
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/221a/index.htm
√
If that doesn't work then:
Press and hold down the Alt key.
Press the + (plus) key on the numeric keypad.
Type the hexidecimal unicode value (221A).
Release the Alt key.
Open regedit.exe
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method
and add a string
or REG_SZ
value
EnableHexNumpad
. Set the value to 1
. Log out and log in.
Now you can use ALT <numpad +> 221A
As for why your ALT codes don't work:
Manufacturers of PCs have character sets in their hardware/firmware. These are called OEM code pages by Windows. Windows also has a standard Latin character set for english speaking regions called Windows-1252, which it uses for most non-unicode programs. When you type ALT 251 ¹
you use the OEM set which can vary between each PC (Mine is code page 850). When you type ALT 0251 û
, it uses the Windows-1252 character set.
Some others were saying that ALT 8730
→
or ALT 08730
<substitute (SUB) character>
works but from my experience, any value above ALT 255
or ALT 0255
just gets converted back to a value between ALT 0
and ALT 255
.
I used charmap and seeked to the position where the character U+221A is, clicked the buttons Select and Copy, then I pasted it where I wanted to use it.