Unicode.utf8_ToUcs4

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

class Unicode

static

utf8_ToUcs4

(

string str

,

,

out glong itemsRead

,

out glong itemsWritten

)

Parameters

str string: a UTF-8 encoded string
len glong: the maximum length of str to use, in bytes. If len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
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.
itemsWritten glong: location to store number of characters written or NULL. The value here stored does not include the trailing 0 character.

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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glib Unicode Unicode static functions