Function
GLibutf8_to_ucs4
Declaration [src]
gunichar*
g_utf8_to_ucs4 (
const gchar* str,
glong len,
glong* items_read,
glong* items_written,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Convert a string from UTF-8 to a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4.
A trailing nul character (U+0000) will be added to the string after the converted text.
Parameters
str-
Type:
const gchar*A UTF-8 encoded string.
The data is owned by the caller of the function. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. len-
Type:
glongThe maximum length of
strto use, in bytes. Iflenis negative, then the string is nul-terminated. items_read-
Type:
glong*Location to store number of bytes read, or
NULL. IfNULL, thenG_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUTwill be returned in casestrcontains a trailing partial character. If an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.The argument will be set by the function. The argument can be NULL. items_written-
Type:
glong*Location to store number of characters written or
NULL. The value here stored does not include the trailing nul character.The argument will be set by the function. The argument can be NULL. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the function if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.
Return value
Type: gunichar*
A pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
This value must be freed with g_free().
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. |