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sys-intro(2)

sys-byte2char(2)

utf(6)

SYS-UTFBYTES(2)

NAME

utfbytes − compute UTF length of complete Unicode characters in a UTF byte sequence

SYNOPSIS

include "sys.m"; sys := load Sys Sys->PATH;
 
utfbytes: fn(buf: array of byte, n: int): int;

DESCRIPTION

Utfbytes examines the n-byte UTF sequence in buf and returns the number of bytes representing complete Unicode characters.  The value will be less than n when the region inspected ends with an incomplete UTF sequence. 

DIAGNOSTIC

A bounds check error results if n exceeds the length of the array. 

SEE ALSO

sys-intro(2), sys-byte2char(2), utf(6)

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