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The OBLCD can display the following non-ASCII characters if supplied the byte code in column 1. This is supported by the OBLCD_Text<\/a><\/code> instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c<\/th>Character<\/th>Description\/clarification<\/th><\/tr>
34<\/td>“<\/td>Quotation mark<\/td><\/tr>
126<\/td> \u2192<\/td>Right arrow<\/td><\/tr>
127<\/td>\u2190<\/td>Left arrow<\/td><\/tr>
223<\/td>\u00b0<\/td>Degree sign<\/td><\/tr>
224<\/td>\u03b1<\/td>small alpha<\/td><\/tr>
225<\/td>\u00e4<\/td>a-umlaut<\/td><\/tr>
226<\/td>\u00df<\/td>beta<\/td><\/tr>
228<\/td>\u00b5<\/td>mu<\/td><\/tr>
229<\/td>\u03c3<\/td>sigma<\/td><\/tr>
230<\/td>\u03c1<\/td>rho<\/td><\/tr>
232<\/td>\u221a<\/td>square root<\/td><\/tr>
236<\/td>\u00a2<\/td>cent<\/td><\/tr>
239<\/td>\u00f6<\/td>o-umlaut<\/td><\/tr>
244<\/td>\u03a9<\/td>omega (ohm symbol)<\/td><\/tr>
245<\/td>\u00fc<\/td>u-umlaut<\/td><\/tr>
246<\/td>\u03a3<\/td>Sigma<\/td><\/tr>
247<\/td>\u03c0<\/td>pi<\/td><\/tr>
248<\/td> <\/td>x-bar<\/td><\/tr>
253<\/td>\u00f7<\/td>divide sign<\/td><\/tr>
255<\/td>\u25a0<\/td>block<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For technical reasons we’ve not been able to show all characters in the second column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: OBLCD_SpclChar was used prior to SPLat\/PC V7.15.1 to display special characters. That functionality has now been moved to OBLCD_Text. OBLCD_SpclChar is deprecated and should not be used for new programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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