al_ustr_size_utf16(3)

al_ustr_size_utf163

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
size_t al_ustr_size_utf16(const ALLEGRO_USTR *us)

Overview

Returns the number of bytes required to encode the string in UTF-16 (including the terminating 0). Usually called before al_ustr_encode_utf16(3) to determine the size of the buffer to allocate.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.