But the odd thing is that the ASCII code For the £ sign is 0163 and that for the  is 0194 and that doesn't explain why the  is appearing in the BEEB's finance pages.
Peter
This is where it gets technical and I'm quoting from memory so I stand to be corrected on any errors......
"Basic" ASCII is only 128 characters - your basic letters, capitals and numbers. Essentially a typewriter converted to a computer keyboard. "Extended" ASCII is all the other characters. If I recall correctly, there are verious implementations of it so one font will be slightly different to another. Picture going to a coffee shop and getting a basic coffee or each chain having similar but slightly different versions of the fancier drinks.
To globalise computers, ASCII is slowly being replaced by Unicode. I'm not that familiar with it but it basically assigns each written character in the languages of the world a "keystroke" for want of a better word (imagine Alt+13694 being used for a certain Chinese character). This will allow computer systems to operate at a low level using the same commands so a German version of Windows will deep down be the same as a Spanish one or a Japanese one. So apart from the keyboard layout, you could theoretically go to any PC in the world, click a few buttons and see it in your native language.
It also means MS and Apple and co won't have to write an operating system in each language.
I'm really enjoying this thread.
