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UNICODE::ICONVERT::C

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unicode::iconvert::convert, unicode::ucs_4, unicode::ucs_2, unicode::utf_8, unicode::iso_8859_1 - unicode character set conversion

SYNOPSIS

#include <courier-unicode.h>

extern const char unicode::ucs_4[];
extern const char unicode::ucs_2[];
extern const char unicode::utf_8[];
extern const char unicode::iso_8859_1[];

std::string unicode::iconvert::convert(constĀ std::stringĀ & text , constĀ std::stringĀ & srccharset , constĀ std::stringĀ & dstcharset );

std::string unicode::iconvert::convert(constĀ std::stringĀ & text , constĀ std::stringĀ & srccharset , constĀ std::stringĀ & dstcharset , boolĀ & errflag );

std::string unicode::iconvert::convert( constĀ std::vector<char32_t>Ā & text , constĀ std::stringĀ & dstcharset );

std::string unicode::iconvert::convert( constĀ std::vector<char32_t>Ā & text , constĀ std::stringĀ & dstcharset , boolĀ & errflag );

bool unicode::iconvert::convert(constĀ std::stringĀ & text , constĀ std::stringĀ & charset , std::vector<char32_t>Ā & text );

DESCRIPTION

The overloaded unicode::convert::convert () functions convert:

• A text string between two different character sets, returning the new string.

• A vector of unicode characters (not null-terminated) to a character string in a supported character set.

• Initialize a vector of unicode characters, passed by reference, by converting a text string in a given character set to unicode.

These functions use iconv (3), and can use any character set that's supported by iconv (3). Use unicode::ucs_2 and unicode::ucs_4 to specify the 16 and the 32 bit unicode octet in native byte order. Use unicode::utf_8 and unicode::iso_8859_1 to specify these two standard character sets. The overloaded versions that pass a reference to a bool set the flag to true if some characters could not be converted. The overloaded version that initializes a unicode vector returns the bool flag, instead.

SEE ALSO

courier-unicode (7), unicode::convert::convert_tocase (3), unicode_convert (3), iconv (3).

AUTHOR

Sam Varshavchik

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