Unicode.utf8_ToUcs4

Convert a string from UTF-8 to a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4. A trailing 0 character will be added to the string after the converted text.

class Unicode
static
utf8_ToUcs4
(
string str
,)

Parameters

str string

a UTF-8 encoded string

itemsRead glong

location to store number of bytes read, or NULL. If NULL, then G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be returned in case str contains a trailing partial character. If an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here. [allow-none]

Return Value

Type: gunichar[]

a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string. This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs, NULL will be returned and error set.

Throws

GException on failure.

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