FcUtf8Len(3)

FcUtf8Len3

Count utf-8 encoded chars

Usage

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcBool FcUtf8Len (FcChar8 *src, int len, int *nchar, int *wchar);

Overview

Counts the number of Unicode chars in len bytes of src. Places that count in nchar. wchar contains 1, 2 or 4 depending on the number of bytes needed to hold the largest Unicode char counted. The return value indicates whether src is a well-formed UTF8 string.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8–9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

From fontconfig 2:2.18.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.