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busa
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Posted: 12:24am 25 Feb 2015

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I have a program running on the Micromite V4.6b that measures temperature and humidity in a particular room. I can poll the Micromite via a GSM module and it will SMS the current temperature and humidity back to me to take further action if necessary. My small niggle is that when it sends the SMS my phone does not include the degree symbol. The line of code that sends the SMS is

Sub Update
TEXT(phoneNumber$, "The temperature is currently " + str$(temp) + "�C and the humidity is " + str$(humid) + "% at " + time$ + " on " + date$)
pause 5000
end sub

I input the degree symbol using ALT + 248 on my keyboard but the phone(Android)just ignores it. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
By the way, a huge thank you to Geoff here for his unbelievable work that has been done firstly on the Maximites and now the Micromite. It has certainly rekindled my interest in programming again especially with all the cheap modules and sensors that abound these days. My first computer was an Amstrad CPC 464 but the cost of interfacing to many sensors was out of my league. So take a bow Geoff and thanks.

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Posted: 02:39am 25 Feb 2015

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It's a non-standard character, not present in many character sets.

How it's to be input - if it does exist - will depend on the device / OS / direction you're facing.

Can you really not manage without it?

One way forward is to find what your destination needs (if it does have it) and then send that using CHR$()

JohnEdited by JohnS 2015-02-26

Geoffg

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Posted: 02:47am 25 Feb 2015

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Thanks for the appreciation. I actually get the most reward when I see projects such as yours - I do a bit of work to create a tool and then enthusiasts such as yourself leverage it to make great projects.

But, sorry, I don't know how to make a degree symbol. Perhaps someone else has the answer.

Geoff

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robert.rozee
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Posted: 04:29am 25 Feb 2015

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try chr$(167) instead. it may work (or it may not)

cheers,
rob :-)

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Posted: 07:07am 25 Feb 2015

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If Rob's Chr$(167) doesn't work then why not use a single quote! I know it's not perfect but it is better than just C or F by itself.

WWEdited by WhiteWizzard 2015-02-26

TassyJim

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Posted: 12:22pm 25 Feb 2015

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I did a quick Google and it seem to be a common problem.

Quote A completely useless factoid I just discovered.

I used the Windows character map to copy and paste a degree symbol (�) into my PC SMS application and sent it to my mobile phone. What arrived at my phone was the letters �Ao�.

So for those of you wondering, you can�t send a degree symbol via SMS.

Next time I will have say 2 deg not 2�

And another thing. The HTML entity for a degree sign is °

You could try experimenting with the HTML code.

An other option is unicode but I would stay away from that.

Jim

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Posted: 12:55pm 25 Feb 2015

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WhiteWizzard said If Rob's Chr$(167) doesn't work then why not use a single quote! I know it's not perfect but it is better than just C or F by itself.

WW

For what it's worth, this is exactly how I did it on one of my projects.

System Temperature: 37'C

Sure, it is not the exact symbol, but I don't think there would be many who would not be able to work out what it means. (famous last words!

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busa
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Posted: 03:29pm 25 Feb 2015

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Thanks everyone for the answers. The single quote seems the best way to go.

ajkw
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Posted: 09:21pm 25 Feb 2015

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Whilst this doesn't suit the OP's application and he already seems to have found a way I just thought however I would add this as a way for a degree symbol on a LCD character display.

Cheers.

paceman
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Posted: 02:48am 05 Mar 2015

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I think a lot of people have had this problem. Pity we can't go back to before 1963 when the first ASCII standard was published - then we could swap one of those old redundant control characters for a degree character.

For what it's worth I use the lower case alphabetic 'o'. It's on the line rather than above, but it doesn't look too bad: 19.5oC rather than the quote: 19.5'C

Greg

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Posted: 05:12am 05 Mar 2015

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