c++ - Can't get "a" to output a beep sound

Question

I'm on another person's Mac-book Pro and I'm trying to output the alarm sound in C++ by outputting "a" with cout. For some reason it's not making any sound when it outputs. Does anyone know why this could be happening? I'm using Eclipse.

Answer 1

Eclipse's shell likely isn't wired up to interpret the classic BELL character correctly.

I can confirm that the bell does operate on Terminal.app however.

Note that the bell character is not part of C++ - it is purely a side effect of the console/terminal in use.