How do I make a 'cents' symbol (¢) on the iPad?

i'm disappointed that the symbol ₵ isn't to be found, considering there are many symbols (like ł § ₩ į „) that are much less used than the cents sign and yet are easy to evoke on the iPad.

Here is how to get the ¢ symbol on the iPad ...

Keep the $ key pressed and the pop has the ¢ symbol ...along with the £,€,¥ symbols.

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vulcan_on_earth wrote:

Here is how to get the ¢ symbol on the iPad ...

Indeed, since that discussion ended 3 years ago, iOS has gotten a lot more capable in this area.

Not on my iPad 2

OriginalMacBabe wrote:

Not on my iPad 2

Are you using some keyboard other than English? If so, which one? Are you not using iOS 6? What characters do you get holding down the $ key?

what Keyboard language are you using?

And in what context are you trying to get the symbol?

It won't work if you are in the url field in Safari for instance because urls don't accept other currency symbols except the $ sign.

Other than that the cent symbol is under the $ sign key when you hold it down for a moment.

I'm using the English (Canada) keyboard (although I checked the emoji board as well).

Since you seemed so surprised, I decided to load other English keyboards for comparison. It isn't on either of the English (Canada) or the English (UK) keyboard. It is only on the "generic" (i.e., "US") keyboard.

Why would that be?

Shall we call it US-centrism or xenophobia?

OF COURSE, in Canada, we just eliminated the penny from our circulating currency, so I guess we don't really need it anymore anyway, right? 😉

OriginalMacBabe wrote:

It isn't on either of the English (Canada) or the English (UK) keyboard. It is only on the "generic" (i.e., "US") keyboard.

For me the cents symbol is on all the English keyboards -- US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Canada shown below: