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a.)yes
b.)Recursion part is I do not want to hard code 33 \u2550 in the code I want to use a for loop as in the working example for normal character.
c.)yes
d.)I read that and several others. but all examples I find does not do it with variables. I kind of know where my problem lies but I do not know how to properly call the L switch with a variable. wcout << L variable_name.c_str(); does not work. wcout << L"\u2550"; does.